embalming fluid

plural embalming fluids

1. countableuncountablemedicineA solution of various chemicals used to preserve cadavers prior to burial or cremation.

   It’s been years since arsenic was used in embalming fluid in England, but in those days some morticians in France were still using it. So it was suspected that George had killed his brother with embalming fluid, because of his fear that he would lose his girl to the younger, handsomer brother.

   1975 (indicated as 1974), Emma McCloy Layman, chapter IX, in Airesboro Castle, New York, N.Y.: Lenox Hill Press, →ISBN, page 107

2. countableslanguncountableA PCP solution used as a coating to enhance the high on a joint or cigarette.