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Noun(1) a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens

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(1) These lung tissues were inflated by injection of 10% buffered formalin and embedded in paraffin wax.(2) The liver biopsy specimens were fixed in 10% neutral-buffered formalin and embedded in paraffin.(3) Tissue samples from the spleen were fixed in buffered formalin and embedded in paraffin.(4) The specimens were fixed in formalin , and paraffin sections were stained with hematoxylin-eosin and saffron.(5) The specimens were fixed in formalin for histological analysis.(6) All surgical specimens were fixed in formalin and examined with hematoxylin-eosin stain.(7) At this time the tumor was excised and placed in a 2% formalin solution.(8) Liver tumors were sampled at random and fixed in buffered formalin , and embedded sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin.(9) Earthworms are collected by extraction using formalin or mustard solution, by digging and by handsorting.(10) All specimens were fixed in formalin , embedded in paraffin, and cut in 5-em-thick sections.(11) The tissue specimens were fixed and preserved in formalin for histopathological evaluation.(12) Specimens were placed in formalin , fixed overnight, stained with hematoxylin and eosin, embedded in paraffin, and cut with a microtome.(13) Sitting in the corner of the tank room is a new wooden box that contains about 3,800 litres of a nasty liquid made from a mixture of formalin and salt water.(14) The specimens were fixed in formalin and embedded in paraffin.(15) The specimen was fixed in 10% buffered formalin and routinely processed.(16) Gonads from fresh material were fixed in Bouin's solution or buffered 10% formalin .