oil of vitriol
noun phrase
: concentrated sulfuric acid
Word History
First Known Use
1580, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
oil of vitriol
noun
: concentrated sulfuric acid
- thyriothecia
- thyriothecium
- thyristor
- thyristors
- thyrite
- thyro-
- thyroarytenoid fold
- thyroarytenoid ligament
- thyrocalcitonin
- thyrocalcitonins
- thyrocolloid
- thyroepiglottic
- thyroglobulin
- thyroglobulins
- thyrohyoid arch
- thyroid
- thyroid storm
- thyroid storms
- thyroid-stimulating hormone
- thyroidal
- thyroidaler
- thyroidalest
- thyroidaller
- thyroidallest
- thyroidder