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carbinol

carbinol

9.9
An old word for alcohol once used as a solvent or medicine
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : carbinol
  • Old medical recipes sometimes list carbinol as an ingredient for tinctures.

Examples

  • The doctor prescribed carbinol for the patient's treatment.

  • The chemist explained that carbinol was once a common term for certain alcohols.

  • In nineteenth-century texts, carbinol often refers to what we now call alcohol.

  • In the past, carbinol was commonly used in medicine.

  • In nineteenth-century texts, carbinol often refers to what we now call alcohol.

  • Old medical recipes sometimes list carbinol as an ingredient for tinctures.

  • The chemist explained that carbinol was once a common term for certain alcohols.

Synonyms

alkanol
vscarbinol
  • Specialized
9.8

An alcohol made by replacing one hydrogen in a simple carbon chain with an OH group

is an archaic term used mainly for solvents or medical purposes

Surface Forms

carbinol singular
carbinols plural

Etymology

The word carbinol was once used as an old name for 'alcohol' in medicine and industry, built from carb- 'carbon' plus -ol 'alcohol'. That's why you will find carbinol in older texts meaning ordinary alcohol or a solvent.