alcohol solution
Ethanol-based liquid mixture
A liquid mixture in which alcohol serves as the solvent, dissolving other substances.
Rubbing alcohol is an alcohol solution used for disinfection.
Tinctures are alcohol solutions of medicinal compounds: The herbalist prepared an alcohol solution of echinacea.
In chemistry, the term specifies that alcohol rather than water carries the dissolved material.
- tinctureHerb steeped in alcohol
- solventDissolving liquid or financially stable
- ethanolDrinkable volatile spirit
- disinfectantAgent destroying surface pathogens
- antisepticMicrobe-killing substance
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