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| Posted on March 16, 2009 at 8:20 PM |
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1. Relating to, containing, or produced by alcohol; 2. A person addicted to drinking alcoholic beverages in excess. (courtesy Stedma's concise medical dictionary)
| Posted on March 16, 2009 at 8:11 PM |
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Alcohol abuse, dependence, or addiction; chronic heavy drinking or intoxication resulting in impairment of health, dependency as a coping mechanism and increased adaptation to the effects of alcohol, requiring ever-greater doses to achieve and sustain a desired effect. (courtesy Stedman's concise medical dictionary)
| Posted on March 16, 2009 at 7:58 PM |
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1. One of a series of organic chemical compounds in which a hydrogen (H) attached to to carbon is replaced by a hydroxyl (OH), yielding C-OH; 2. CH3CH2OH, a liquid containing 92.3% by weight of Ethanol; it is used in beverages and as a solvent, vehicle, and preservative. Externally, it serves as a rubefacient, coolant and disinfectant. (courtesy Stedman's concise medical dictionary)