See Also:

alcoholometer (iou) and HMG (medicine)


alcoholometer (iou)



alcoholometer noun. Also alcoholimeter; alcoholmeter, alcoometer. M19.
[from ALCOHOL + -OMETER.]
An instrument for measuring the proportion of alcohol in a liquor.
,alcoholo'metric adjective M19.
alcoholometry noun M19.

HMG (medicine)


HMG -->
human menopausal gonadotropin


A hormone of pituitary originally obtained from the urine of postmenopausal women now produced synthetically; used to induce ovulation.

See: menotropins.