"surgical spirit" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: surgical spirits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} surgical spirit (usually uncountable, plural surgical spirits)
  1. (UK, medicine) Ethanol with small quantities of additives (typically 2% castor oil and 0.5% methyl salicylate), used primarily as a topical antiseptic. Tags: UK, uncountable, usually Synonyms: rubbing alcohol [North-America] Translations (ethanol with small quantities of additives): 外科消毒酒精 (wàikē xiāodú jiǔjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), leikkaussprii (Finnish), alcool modifié [masculine] (French), Spieetuss [neuter] (Plautdietsch), alcool sanitar [neuter] (Romanian)

Inflected forms

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