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A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | Â© A Dictionary of Nursing 2008, originally published by Oxford University Press 2008. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

ethanol (ethyl alcohol) (eth-ă-nol) n. see alcohol.

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