surgical spirit

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noun

methylated spirit containing small amounts of oil of wintergreen and castor oil: used medically for sterilizing

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Words nearby surgical spirit

surgical emphysema, surgical microscope, surgical needle, surgical pathology, surgical prosthesis, surgical spirit, surgical splint, surgicenter, Surgut, surgy, Suribachi

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Education controls the transmission of values and molds the spirit before dominating the soul.
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Their authors promise that your spirit will be improved, your ambition honed, and your finances maximized by their advice.
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The moment where they enter the spirit portal symbolizes their evolution from being friends to being a couple.
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He should be free, filling the world with happiness, love and his fighting spirit.
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Then I read aloud from something that captures the Holiday Spirit.
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In Luke it is said, “And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom.”
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This seems to be contrary to the spirit and intent of the act, which is primarily to centralize reserves in Federal Reserve Banks.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Thou fell spirit of pride, prejudice, ignorance, and mauvaise honte!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
Light, the symbol of life's joy, seems to be the first language in which the spirit of beauty speaks to a child.
Children's Ways|James Sully
But green Chartreuse unhappily is not innocent; it is more than a spirit, it is a powerful drug.
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