alcoholo-, alcohol-, alcoho-

The process or method of ascertaining the proportion of alcohol concentration in a liquid: Alcoholometry shows the results of pure alcohol which spirituous liquors contain, or also especially in the blood.

A craving or strong desire for intoxicating drinks or other fermented liquids: When Jack was very depressed he had a spell of alcoholophilia which he thought would make his problems less dramatic and troublesome.

An extreme hatred and dread of drunkenness: Mary is overwhelmed with alcoholophobia, because, as she grew up with parents who drank too many intoxicating beverages, she swore that she would never come in contact with this poisonous substance in any form and she even avoided medicine containing it.

The existence of alcohol in the urine: Dr. Thompson told Jack that he had a case of alcoholuria which was connected to his extreme consumption of alcoholic beverages and that the condition should be treated immediately

A splitting of a chemical bond with the addition of the elements of alcohol at the point of splitting: Alcoholysis is a reaction in which a chemical bond is broken by the addition of alcohol.

A reference to chemical decomposition resulting from the interaction of a compound and an alcohol: An alcoholytic reaction is one in which a chemical bond is broken by the addition of alcohol.

In chemistry, a solution made with a mixture of a colloid (two or more substances mixed together) and an alcohol: An alcosol is a colloid that uses alcohol as the diffusing media.

An instrument used to measure the degree of alcoholic content in wine: When learning the trade of winemaking, Sam used an alcovinometer to assess the quantity of alcohol content in certain wines.

The dangers of alcohol to the brain and bodily functions.

Greek: Hygeia (goddess)
Latin: (no equivalent)

Various spellings: Hygeia, Hygea, Hygia; personification of health and healthy. We now have the derived word hygiene, the science of health, pertaining to health, healthful, living well; the science that deals with the upkeep of health; system of principles or rules for preserving and/or promoting health.

An excessive amount of ethanol in the blood: When Mr. March was in hospital, his blood was tested and the results showed that he had a case of hyperalcoholemia, a serious disorder which affected many organs of his body.

Without alcohol or containing no more than trace amounts of alcohol; alcohol-free: The customer asked the waiter in the restaurant for water, a nonalcoholic beverage.

An alcohol that contains more than two hydroxy groups (consisting of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen): Two example of polyalcohols are a diol and glycerols.

1. In lexicomedy: Someone who gets drunk every time anyone talks about tasks, jobs, chores, or duties: 2. A person who occupies himself or herself compulsively with business matters: While the term workaholic generally implies that someone enjoys his or her job very much, quite often that person is also obsessed with it.
3. Etymology: coined from work with the second element abstracted from alcoholic.

This provides us with the old Rodney Dangerfield joke: "My old man was a workaholic and every time he thought about work, he got drunk."

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