absolute alcohol

American  

noun

1. ethyl alcohol containing less than one percent by weight of water.

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absolute alcohol British  

noun

1. a liquid containing at least 99 per cent of pure ethanol by weight

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Example Sentences

Cold absolute alcohol drips into the balloon through attached tubing until the patient feels his stomach distended, as though after a heavy meal.

From Time Magazine Archive

The caustic which Dr. Cutler prefers is a "modified Carnoy's solution": absolute alcohol 6 c. c., chloroform 3 c. c., glacial acetic acid i c.c., ferric chloride 1 gm.

From Time Magazine Archive

To this cooled solution 25 cubic centimeters of absolute alcohol saturated with dry hydrochloric acid is added.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.

Wash well in distilled water till no more colour is discharged; if necessary, wash carefully with absolute alcohol.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)

The prohibition law of Georgia forbids physicians to prescribe alcoholic beverages, absolute alcohol only being permitted.

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir