Organic Chemical
ethylene glycol
eth·yl·ene gly·col
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Definitions related to ethylene glycol:
  • A colorless, odorless, viscous dihydroxy alcohol. It has a sweet taste, but is poisonous if ingested. Ethylene glycol is the most important glycol commercially available and is manufactured on a large scale in the United States. It is used as an antifreeze and coolant, in hydraulic fluids, and in the manufacture of low-freezing dynamites and resins.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Viscous dihydroxy alcohol solvent with a sweetish acrid taste; poisonous if ingested; used as an antifreeze and coolant, in hydraulic fluids, and in the manufacture of low-freezing dynamites and resins.
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    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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