meth'yl

[G. methy, wine, hyle, wood.] The radical, CH„ of wood alcohol, m. acetan'ilide, exalgin, a derivative of acetanllide, employed as an analgesic in doses of gr. 3—10 (0.2-0.6). m, al'cohol, methyllc alcohol, pyroxyllc spirit, wood alcohol, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood; It is actively poisonous, causing blindne , m. al'dehyde, formalin, m. as'pir in, m. rhodin. m. ben'zoylsal'icylate, ben zos a line, m. chlo'ride, chlormethyl mon och lor methane, a liquid formed by compre ing a gas obtained by the distillation of methyl alcohol, sulphuric acid, and sodium chloride; employed in spray as a local anesthetic, m. dii"odosal'icylate, sanoform. m, dit an'nin, tan no form. m. ether, methyl oxide, aether methylic us, see under ether, m. ethyl ether, see under ether, m. i'odide, methyl is iodidum, iodomethane, or colorle liqiud, boiling at 44° C, obtained by the inter reaction of iodine, phosphorus, and methyl alcohol; employed locally as a vesicant in place of cantharides. m. ox'ide, m. ether, m. rho'din, m. acetyl salicylate, colorle crystals; employed as an antirheumatic and analgesic, m. sal'icylate, methyl is* salicylas (U. S.), artificial or synthetic oil of wintergreen; employed externally in rheumatism and neuralgia, m. u'rethane, urethylane. m. vi'olet, a stain employed in histological and bacteriological technique in J to 2 per cent, aqueous solution, coloring nuclei and certain bacteria pink.