trioxane

noun

tri·​ox·​ane

-ˌsān

: a crystalline combustible heterocyclic trimer (CH₂O)₃ of formaldehyde with an odor resembling chloroform that is depolymerized into formaldehyde by traces of mineral acids

called also symmetrical trioxane

compare paraformaldehyde

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary tri- + oxa- + cyclohexane

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