Definition of Ethyl chloride

1. Noun. A colorless flammable gas used as a local surface anesthetic.


Definition of Ethyl chloride

1. Noun. (organic compound) chloroethane ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Ethyl chloride

1. A gas that condenses under slight pressure. Because of its low boiling point ethyl chloride sprayed on skin produces an intense cold by evaporation. Cold blocks nerve conduction. Ethyl chloride has been used in surgery but is primarily used to relieve local pain in sports medicine. Pharmacological action: anaesthetics, local. Chemical name: Ethane, chloro- (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ethyl Chloride

ethoxylations
ethoxyls
ethoxyquin
ethoxys
ethoxyzolamide
ethoxzolamide
eths
ethule
ethyl
ethyl acetate
ethyl alcohol
ethyl aminobenzoate
ethyl biscoumacetate
ethyl bromide
ethyl carbamate
ethyl chloride (current term)
ethyl eosin
ethyl ether
ethyl green
ethyl group
ethyl iodide
ethyl loflazepate
ethyl mercaptan
ethyl mercury
ethyl methanesulfonate
ethyl oxide
ethyl radical
ethyl salicylate
ethylacetate
ethylamine

Literary usage of Ethyl chloride

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Laryngoscope by American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society (1902)
"In all of the adenoid cases, nitrous oxide, failing ethyl chloride, would have been administered, and the operator in most cases found much advantage in ..."

2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1905)
"Little need be said about the history of ethyl chloride, but there is one important ... What are the capabilities of ethyl chloride in general practice ? ..."

3. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1867)
"ethyl chloride is also formed by the action of other chlorides, such as chloride of ... ethyl chloride is a colourless liquid, of a penetrating, ethereal, ..."

4. The Art of Anaesthesia by Paluel Joseph Flagg (1922)
"It boils at 12.5 C. ethyl chloride is used for general anaesthesia as well as for local ... While ethyl chloride has been frequently employed as a general ..."

5. Treatise on General and Industrial Organic Chemistry by Ettore Molinari (1921)
"Chlorine converts it into ethyl chloride and bromine into ethyl bromide. In the light it slowly decomposes with separation of iodine, which colours the ..."

6. The Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America: (The United States by United States Pharmacopoeial Convention (1820)
"At low temperatures or under pressure ethyl chloride is a colorless, ... ethyl chloride boils between 12° and 13" C. Shake 10 mils of ethyl chloride with 10 ..."

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