Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ethanal_trimer

1 sense of ethanal trimer

Sense 1
paraldehyde, ethanal trimer -- (a colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is used as a sedative and a solvent)
       => aldehyde -- (any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids)