Wood alcohol, also called methyl alcohol or methanol, is an extremely poisonous chemical found in paint remover.
Alternative Names
Paint remover; Methyl alcohol; Alcohol - methyl; Methanol ...
Alternate Names : Wood alcohol poisoning
Definition
Methanol is a non-drinking type of alcohol used for industrial and automotive purposes. This article discusses poisoning from an overdose of methanol.
wood alcohol Methanol. See alcohol.
zoopsia Seeing animals (e.g. snakes, insects), typically as part of delirium tremens or other substance-induced confusional or hallucinatory states.
Chemicals in smoke include cyanide (a deadly poison), methanol (wood alcohol), formaldehyde (a preservative), acetylene (fuel used in torches) and ammonia (found in fingernail polish remover).
Metabolic acidosis develops when the amount of acid in the body is increased through ingestion of a substance that is, or can be broken down (metabolized) to, an acid—such as wood alcohol (methanol), antifreeze (ethylene glycol), ...
First discovered in the late 1600s, methanol has been called wood alcohol because it was obtained commercially from the destructive distillation of wood for more than a century.
meletd sprts plural noun almost pure alcohol with wood alcohol and colouring added
methylene blue
melin blu noun a blue dye formerly used as a mild urinary antiseptic now used to treat druginduced methaemoglobinaemia ...
WHAT IT IS"A tincture is an extract made from herbs by soaking them in alcohol. (Only grain alcohol should be used for internal use; wood alcohol, such as rubbing alcohol, will cause blindness.) The resultant mixture does not spoil.
It is a mixture of 40% aspartic acid, 50% phenylalanine, and 10% methanol (also known as wood alcohol -- poison!) Although there are no publicized studies to substantiate the risks of aspartame, there are many who suffer from adverse reactions.
Alcohol poisoning can also occur by drinking household products that contain ethyl alcohol (ethanol), or by ingesting isopropyl alcohol (isopropanol) or methyl alcohol (methanol; sometimes commonly referred to as wood alcohol).
 See also: Poisoning, Symptom, Vomiting, Death, Cancer
  
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