SURGICAL SPIRIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does surgical spirit mean? 

• SURGICAL SPIRIT (noun)
  The noun SURGICAL SPIRIT has 1 sense:

1. methylated spirit used in the practice of medicine (especially for cleansing the skin before injections or before surgery)

  Familiarity information: SURGICAL SPIRIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SURGICAL SPIRIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Methylated spirit used in the practice of medicine (especially for cleansing the skin before injections or before surgery)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("surgical spirit" is a kind of...):

methylated spirit (ethyl alcohol denatured with methyl alcohol to prevent its use as an alcoholic beverage)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)