Lexic.us

Definition of Ethyl alcohol

1. Noun. The intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline.

2. Noun. Nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs.

Medical Definition of Ethyl alcohol

1. Grain alcohol, made from sugar, starch and other carbohydrates by fermentation, has sedative properties (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ethyl Alcohol

ethylmercury compounds ethylmorphine ethylmorphine-n-demethylase ethylmorphine hydrochloride ethylnitrosourea ethylnorepinephrine ethylpapaverine hydrochloride ethylparaben ethylphenacemide ethylphenylephrine hydrochloride

ethyls ethylstibamine ethylsulphuric ethyl acetate ethyl alcohol (current term) ethyl alcohol (current term) ethyl aminobenzoate ethyl aminobenzoate ethyl biscoumacetate ethyl carbamate

ethyl chloride ethyl chloride ethyl eosin ethyl ether ethyl ether ethyl green ethyl group ethyl methanesulfonate ethyl oxide ethyl radical

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