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What does formalin mean?

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Tissue samples from the spleen were fixed in buffered formalin and embedded in paraffin.
Also known as Zenker-formol, this is a modification of Zenker's fluid in which formalin is substituted for acetic acid.
Specimens were placed in formalin, fixed overnight, stained with hematoxylin and eosin, embedded in paraffin, and cut with a microtome.
Scrapie is a chronic disease of sheep which is transmitted by a filterable particle that is resistant to heat and formalin fixation.
Bone marrow biopsy material was acid decalcified prior to formalin fixation.
All surgical specimens were fixed in formalin and examined with hematoxylin-eosin stain.

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