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alcohol
alcohol (al-kŏ-hol) n. any of a class of organic compounds formed when a hydroxyl group (–OH) is substituted for a hydrogen atom in a hydrocarbon.
ethyl a. (
ethanol) the alcohol in alcoholic drinks, produced by the fermentation of sugar by yeast. Formula: C
2H
5OH. ‘Pure’ alcohol contains not less than 94.9% by volume of ethyl alcohol. A solution of 70% alcohol can be used as a preservative or antiseptic. See also
alcoholism.
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alcoholic (al-kŏ-
hol-ik) adj., n.
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Alcoholism: Yet Another `Expert'
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/5/1988; 700+ words
; ...review of "Heavy Drinking: The Myth of Alcoholism as a Disease" {Books, June 21} by...alcoholics do research, it kills them? Alcoholism has been recognized as a disease by...is the true myth for an alcoholic. Alcoholism is a disease. Please believe it. Helen...
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Alcoholism's elusive genes: it runs in families and ruins lives, but is alcoholism inherited? (includes related article)
Magazine article from: Science News; 7/30/1988; ; 700+ words
; Alcoholism's Elusive Genes Research into the genetics of alcoholism has taken off in the last 15 years, and with it...publication of a National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) monograph titled "Alcoholism: An Inherited...
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Alcoholism's Nemesis.
Magazine article from: World and I; 6/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...War II paled in comparison to the hell alcoholism put him through for some 15 years...Alcoholics Anonymous, we doctors call alcoholism the four-two-one disease: That...about our No. 1 health problem." Alcoholism, which Hennigan calls a "national...
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ALCOHOLISM'S ROOTS STILL HOTLY DEBATED
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/21/1988; ; 692 words
; ...Administration need not consider alcoholism a medical disability, the Supreme...sidestepped the issue of whether alcoholism is a disease with strong biological...prevailing medical beliefs about alcoholism in deciding that the VA could...
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Paternal alcoholism, paternal absence and the development of problem behaviors in boys from age six to twelve years.
Magazine article from: Journal of Studies on Alcohol; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; Parental alcoholism has been associated repeatedly with...without a positive family history for alcoholism (Cloninger, 1983; Cloninger et al...etiology and various manifestations of alcoholism in adults. Studies pertaining to the...
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Genetics and Alcoholism: How Close Are We to Potential Clinical Applications?
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Psychiatry; 6/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...contribution of genes to the development of alcoholism but has suggested little in the way...that 50% to 60% of the development of alcoholism is due to heritable factors, and linkage...discussing intermediate phenotypes of alcoholism under genetic control, pharmacogenetic...
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The Genetics of Alcoholism
Magazine article from: Human Biology; 2/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; The Genetics of Alcoholism, edited by Henri Begleiter and Bejamin...75.00 (hardcover). The Genetics of Alcoholism is the first volume in Oxford University Press's new Alcohol and Alcoholism Series, which will review recent research...
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Alcoholism: a nutritional deficiency, probably genetically determined.
Newspaper article from: Nutrition Health Review; 1/1/1994; 700+ words
; ...Scientific studies indicate that by treating alcoholism as a complex multifactorial disease...programs rely primarily on treating alcoholism as a mental illness, using psychological...manner. It is only in recent times that alcoholism has been recognizd as a disease. For...
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Isolating the effect of alcoholism treatment on medical care use *.
Magazine article from: Journal of Studies on Alcohol; 11/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Some contacts may be to actually treat alcoholism in the medical setting instead of a...attributable to diseases associated with alcoholism, such as cirrhosis of the liver. Injury...social breakdown associated with active alcoholism may increase the demand for medical...
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'ALCOHOLISM GENE' CLAIM IS CHALLENGED
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/20/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...discovery earlier this year of an "alcoholism gene" that was said to predispose some...National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism said in a report presented here that...individuals and families heavily afflicted by alcoholism, the gene was no more common among...
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Alcoholism
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Aging
ALCOHOLISM Alcoholism is an illness that is a common form of chemical dependence, and...but there are also strong cultural and environmental influences. Alcoholism is associated with many poor health outcomes. Alcoholism can be...
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alcoholism
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
alcoholism The term ‘alcoholism’ was first used by a Swedish professor of medicine...poisoning by alcohol. Huss distinguished between two types of alcoholism. Acute alcoholism was a result of the temporary effects of...
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Disease Concept of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior
DISEASE CONCEPT OF ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE Throughout most of...Magnus Huss, introduced the term alcoholism ["alcoholismus"] to designate...scientific inquiry into the nature of alcoholism. But concern about the problematic...
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drinking and alcoholism
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology
drinking and alcoholism A depressant intoxicant, the drinking...are particularly illuminating here. Alcoholism was coined as a term to denote a special...in the United States in the 1930s. Alcoholism has been described in terms of a disease...
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Drinking and Alcoholism
Book article from: American Eras
Drinking and Alcoholism Alcohol Consumption. The poor health of most nineteenth-century...Americans comprehend a little better the psychological effects of alcoholism. However, few understand or even acknowledge how Western settlement...
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