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• Alcohol rub — An alcohol rub, also known as a hand sanitizer or healthcare personnel hand wash or a hand antiseptic according to the latest FDA definition, is used as a supplement or alternative to hand washing with soap and water. The active ingredient in… …   Wikipedia

• rub — /rub/, v., rubbed, rubbing, n. v.t. 1. to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area …   Universalium

• rub — [[t]rʌb[/t]] v. rubbed, rub•bing, n. 1) to subject (something) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, polishing, or massaging; move one thing back and forth or with a rotary motion along the surface of (something else) 2) to move, spread, or… …   From formal English to slang

• rub — I. verb (rubbed; rubbing) Etymology: Middle English rubben; akin to East Frisian rubben to rub, scrape, Icelandic rubba to scrape Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. a. to move along the surface of a body with pressure ; grate …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• rub — Friction encountered in moving one body in contact with another. friction r. SYN: friction sound. pericardial r., pericardial friction r. SYN: pericardial friction sound. pleural r. friction r …   Medical dictionary

• rubbing alcohol — rub·bing alcohol rəb iŋ . n a cooling and soothing liquid for external application that contains approximately 70 percent denatured ethanol or isopropyl alcohol * * * [USP] a preparation of acetone, methyl isobutyl ketone, and 68.5 to 71.5 per… …   Medical dictionary

• rubbing alcohol — rub′bing al cohol n. pha a poisonous solution of about 70 percent isopropyl or denatured ethyl alcohol, used in massaging • Etymology: 1925–30 …   From formal English to slang

• AlcR — alcohol rub …   Medical dictionary

• alcR — alcohol rub …   Medical dictionary

• AlcR — • alcohol rub …   Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations

• alcR — • alcohol rub …   Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations