first oxidation product of alcohol, 1833, discovered in 1774 by German-born Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele, the name said to have been coined by German chemist Justus von Liebig from abbreviation of Modern Latin alcohol dehydrogenatum "dehydrogenated alcohol." Related: Aldehydic.
alcoholism
Alcoran
alcove
Alcyone
Aldebaran
aldehyde
alder
alderman
Aldine
aldosterone
ale