noun
a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic
• Syn: ↑ether, ↑ethoxyethane, ↑vinyl ether, ↑diethyl ether, ↑ethyl ether
• Derivationally related forms: ↑ethereal (for: ↑ether), ↑etherize (for: ↑ether), ↑etherify (for: ↑ether)
• Hypernyms: ↑inhalation anesthetic, ↑inhalation anaesthetic, ↑inhalation general anesthetic, ↑inhalation general anaesthetic
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/duy vuyn"l/, Pharm.
See vinyl ether.
[DI-1 + VINYL]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.