ETHYLENE GLYCOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ethylene glycol mean? 

• ETHYLENE GLYCOL (noun)
  The noun ETHYLENE GLYCOL has 1 sense:

1. a sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent

  Familiarity information: ETHYLENE GLYCOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ETHYLENE GLYCOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

ethanediol; ethylene glycol; glycol

Hypernyms ("ethylene glycol" is a kind of...):

antifreeze (a liquid added to the water in a cooling system to lower its freezing point)

 Context examples 

Fomepizole is indicated for use as an antidote in ethylene glycol and methanol poisoning.

(Fomepizole, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic, brick-red crystalline solid that is only slightly soluble in cold water and ethanol but is soluble in boiling water, acetic acid, glycerol, ethylene glycol and propylene glycol.

(Phenazopyridine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

They also found that the worms transformed polyethylene into ethylene glycol, an organic compound used in making polyester fibers as well as antifreeze.

(Plastic Eating Worm Could Help Ease Pollution, VOA)

Ethylene oxide is used especially in the synthesis of ethylene glycol and as a sterilizing agent for medical supplies and foods, as a fumigant and as an insecticide.

(Ethylene oxide, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is endospore forming, utilizes ethylene glycol as an energy source, is indole and catalase negative and does not hydrolyze esculin.

(Clostridium glycolicum, NCI Thesaurus)

A biodegradable poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(D,L-lactide) copolymer micelle nanoparticle-entrapped formulation of paclitaxel with antineoplastic activity.

(Paclitaxel-loaded polymeric micelle, NCI Thesaurus)

Fomepizole prevents the metabolism of ethylene glycol and methanol by alcohol dehydrogenase, thereby inhibiting the formation of their toxic metabolites, glycolate and oxalate (from ethylene glycol), and formic acid (from methanol).

(Fomepizole, NCI Thesaurus)