Lexic.us

Definition of Methyl alcohol

1. Noun. A light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol.

Definition of Methyl alcohol

1. Noun. (organic compound) The compound methanol. ¹

2. Noun. Wood alcohol. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Methyl alcohol

1. CH3OH;a flammable, toxic, mobile liquid, used as an industrial solvent, antifreeze, and in chemical manufacture; ingestion may result in severe acidosis, visual impairment, and other effects on the central nervous system. Synonym: carbinol, methanol, pyroligneous alcohol, pyroligneous spirit, pyroxylic spirit, wood alcohol, wood naphtha, wood spirit. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Methyl Alcohol

Literary usage of Methyl alcohol

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"Fellenberg, 1915, claims that methyl alcohol is readily formed from the pectin of fruit and vegetables, pectin yielding from 9 to 12 per cent, of methyl ..."

2. Laboratory Manual for the Detection of Poisons and Powerful Drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth (1921)
"methyl alcohol H Woods of various kinds, but more especially the so-called hard H—C—H filiation, yield a complex mixture of many substances among which ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Methyl-alcohol mixes with oil of vitriol with considerable evolution of heat and ... At higher temperatures the reaction between vitriol and methyl-alcohol ..."

4. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1859)
"Conversion of Acetic Acid into methyl alcohol. — The substances belonging to the group of acetones have recently been regarded as containing two different ..."

Other Resources: