liquid

(lik’wid) [L. liq’uidus; lique’re to flow). 1. A substance that flows readily without being melted. 2. Flowing readily; neither solid nor gaseous. 1. air, air condensed by cold and pre ure into a liquid: a most powerful refrigerant. Bonain’s 1., an anesthetic for operations on the ear, consisting of phenol, 15 gr.; menthol, 15 gr.; and cocain hydro chlorid, 15 gr. Cohn's 1., a cultuce liquid for bacteria, consisting of a mixture of 1 part each of ashes of yeast and ammonium tartrate in 100 parts of distilled water. Ebmer’s l., a decalcifying liquid for microscopic objects consisting of hydrochloric acid, 7 c.c.; distilled water, 100 c.c.; cold saturated solution of sodium chlorid, 100 c.c.