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acetic alcohol

acetic alcohol noun: a mixture of 100 parts ethanol and 3 parts of glacial acetic acid used as a histological fixative.

Noun

acetic alcohol

  1. a mixture of 100 parts ethanol and 3 parts of glacial acetic acid used as a histological fixative

Origin of acetic alcohol

acetic + alcohol

Questions about acetic alcohol

What does acetic alcohol mean?
Acetic alcohol means a mixture of 100 parts ethanol and 3 parts of glacial acetic acid used as a histological fixative.
What part of speech is acetic alcohol?
Acetic alcohol is a noun.

Words near acetic alcohol in the dictionary

  1. aceteugenol
  2. acethydrazide
  3. acetic
  4. acetic acid
  5. acetic acids
  6. acetic alcohol
  7. acetic aldehyde
  8. acetic anhydride
  9. acetic anhydrides
  10. aceticlastic
  11. aceticoceptor

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