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ALCOHOL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
Example:
alcohol (or drink) ruined him
Synonyms:
alcohol; alcoholic beverage; alcoholic drink; inebriant; intoxicant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("alcohol" is a kind of...):
drug of abuse; street drug (a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction)
beverage; drink; drinkable; potable (any liquid suitable for drinking)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "alcohol"):
koumiss; kumis (an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia)
slug (an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped)
rotgut (any alcoholic beverage of inferior quality)
perry (a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider)
hard cider (alcoholic drink from fermented cider; 'cider' and 'cyder' are European (especially British) usages for the fermented beverage)
mixed drink (made of two or more ingredients)
cordial; liqueur (strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal)
pulque (fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey)
ethyl alcohol; neutral spirits (nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs)
booze; hard drink; hard liquor; John Barleycorn; liquor; spirits; strong drink (an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented)
vino; wine (fermented juice (of grapes especially))
nipa (made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm)
rice beer; sake; saki (Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot)
brew; brewage (drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling)
aperitif (alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer)
kava; kavakava (an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub)
hooch; hootch (an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor)
home brew; homebrew (an alcoholic beverage (especially beer) made at home)
proof spirit (a mixture containing half alcohol by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit)
Derivation:
alcoholic (characteristic of or containing alcohol)
alcoholize (make alcoholic, as by fermenting)
alcoholize (treat or infuse with alcohol)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("alcohol" is a kind of...):
liquid (a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "alcohol"):
steroid alcohol; sterol (any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances)
propanol; propyl alcohol (a clear colorless volatile liquid (alcohol) used as a solvent and antiseptic)
1-dodecanol; lauryl alcohol (a colorless insoluble solid alcohol used to make detergents and pharmaceuticals)
glycerin; glycerine; glycerol (a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils)
dihydric alcohol; diol; glycol (any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule)
cyclohexanol (a colorless oily alcohol that smells like camphor)
butanol; butyl alcohol (a flammable alcohol derived from butanes and used for solvents)
amyl alcohol (a mixture of 2 or more isomeric alcohols; used as a solvent and in organic synthesis)
allyl alcohol; propenyl alcohol (an unsaturated primary alcohol present in wood spirit; use to make resins and plasticizers and pharmaceuticals)
isopropanol; isopropyl alcohol (alcohol used as antifreeze or a solvent)
ethanol; ethyl alcohol; fermentation alcohol; grain alcohol (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)
methanol; methyl alcohol; wood alcohol; wood spirit (a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol)
Derivation:
alcoholic (characteristic of or containing alcohol)
Context examples:
Alcohol dehydrogenase [NADP(+)] (325 aa, ~37 kDa) is encoded by the human AKR1A1 gene.
(Alcohol Dehydrogenase [NADP(+)], NCI Thesaurus)
Members of this enzyme family metabolize a wide variety of substrates, including ethanol, retinol, other aliphatic alcohols, hydroxysteroids, and lipid peroxidation products.
(Alcohol Dehydrogenase, NCI Thesaurus)
It may be used in the treatment of intravenous opiate addiction or alcohol dependence.
(Naltrexone, NCI Dictionary)
The FDA has approved naltrexone for the treatment of alcohol dependence.
(Naltrexone hydrochloride, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
It predominantly affects adults in their fifth and sixth decades of life and is associated with alcohol and tobacco use.
(Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Any chemical compound derived by reacting an oxoacid with a hydroxyl compound such as an alcohol or phenol.
(Organic Ester, NCI Thesaurus)
It affects predominantly adults in their fifth and sixth decades of life and is associated with alcohol and tobacco use.
(Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Relevant elements of medical history, including preexisting medical conditions, events and facts (e.g., allergies, race, pregnancy, smoking and alcohol use, hepatic/renal dysfunction, etc.) not listed in MedWatch form.
(Other Personal Medical History, NCI Thesaurus)
Other examples include aluminum foil packets into which alcohol swabs and pledgets are placed.
(Packet, NCI Thesaurus)
It is also important to not smoke or drink alcohol.
(Pancreatitis, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
