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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A class-name applied in organic chemistry to compounds containing the group RCHS, where R is any hydrocarbon radical. They are rather unstable substances with highly offensive odors, and are formed by the action of hydrogen sulphid on aldehydes.

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