what exactly does ETOH stand for???

[Romanella]

Hi. I am wondering what exactly ETOH stands for. I looked it up on google and it only said it was alcohol. I am looking for the full long term. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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[sdnsdn]

Hi there!
It stands for ethanol. More specifically, in medical notes, drinks containing ethanol.
Good Luck

 

[kidsmd]

well... technically it's "ethanol"... but basically yeah, it's alcohol, the stuff people get drunk on.... if you read doctor's notes... sometimes they will put "etoh poisoning" to mean "alcohol poisoning".

 

[Romanella]

i knew it stood for ethanol, i was looking for the term that was a lot longer. thanks though, much appreciation.

 

[Megalofyia]

The -OH part is the alcohol abreviation. Organic chem. Et is the Ethyl part, the C2H5 part.

 

[Megalofyia]

so, for example, if you had methly alochol it'd be MeOH.

 

[latinfridley]

ethyl alcohol

 

[Naphtali]

Originally posted by Megalofyia
so, for example, if you had methly alochol it'd be MeOH.

Eh? In the lab I worked in, everyone always used "MetOH". Oh well...

-Naphtali

 

[Megalofyia]

It was just an example...

 

[UCLAstudent]

I've always heard it as MeOH. Not that it really matters... 🙂

 

[conure]

Originally posted by Romanella
i knew it stood for ethanol, i was looking for the term that was a lot longer. thanks though, much appreciation.

Doesn't get any longer then ethyl alcohol.

Can we please restrain ourselves from bickering over MetOH and MeOH its pretty pathetic.

 

[streetdoc]

yep, ethyl alcohol.
it's a euphamism (is that spelled right?) to say drunk.
for example if you are on a radio then you can say "EtOH use" and none of the rednecks listening to a scanner will know that what you mean. it keeps the town from knowing that Bubba is drunk again...at least until they catch on 🙂
streetdoc

 

[kaos]

@ this thread

 

[Grisso]

"Steetdoc"....you are 100% correct. ETOH is common Law Enforcement slang for "Under the influence"

 

[Princeton Medical Student]

"Steetdoc"....you are 100% correct. ETOH is common Law Enforcement slang for "Under the influence"

13 years late there pal.

 

[WedgeDawg]

This one should be self explanatory