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ethyl ether

noun

a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic

• Syn: ↑ether, ↑ethoxyethane, ↑divinyl ether, ↑vinyl ether, ↑diethyl ether

• Derivationally related forms: ↑ethereal (for: ↑ether), ↑etherize (for: ↑ether), ↑etherify (for: ↑ether)

• Hypernyms: ↑inhalation anesthetic, ↑inhalation anaesthetic, ↑inhalation general anesthetic, ↑inhalation general anaesthetic

• Hyponyms: ↑enflurane, ↑Ethrane

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noun

1. : ether 3a

2. : an ether in which one of the radicals united to oxygen is ethyl

an ethyl ether of a phenol

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Chem.

ether (def. 1).

[1875-80]

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ethyl ether see ↑ether

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Main Entry: ↑ethyl

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ethyl ether,

= ether (def. 1). (Cf. ↑ether)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.