Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

surgical spirit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: sur-gi-cal spir-it
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Ethanol with small quantities of additives (typically 2% castor oil and 0.5% methyl salicylate), used primarily as a topical antiseptic.

British usage; Uncountable

Usage

British usage
Uncountable

Inflected Forms

surgical spirits (plural)

Synonyms

rubbing alcohol

Questions

What does surgical spirit mean?: Ethanol with small quantities of additives (typically 2% castor oil and 0.5% methyl salicylate), used primarily as a topical antiseptic.

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