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Definition of Ethyl ether
1. Noun. A colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic.
Specialized synonyms: Enflurane, Ethrane
Generic synonyms: Inhalation Anaesthetic, Inhalation Anesthetic, Inhalation General Anaesthetic, Inhalation General Anesthetic
Derivative terms: Ethereal, Etherify, Etherize
Definition of Ethyl ether
1. Noun. (organic compound) An alternative name for diethyl ether. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Ethyl ether
1. CH3CH2OCH2CH3;a flammable, volatile organic solvent used in extraction procedures; formerly widely used as an inhalation anaesthetic; shortcomings include: irritating vapor, slow onset and prolonged recovery phase, explosion hazard. Synonym: ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ethyl Ether
Literary usage of Ethyl ether
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"sulfurique, sulfuric ether (ordinary or ethyl ether) ; sulfuric ester, specif,
ethyl sulfate. — sulfurique alcoolisé, (Pharm.) spirit of ether. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1833)
"ethyl ether is. a colourless, mobile liquid, but ver; slightly soluble in water,
and possessing an agreed. odour. It boils at 35° '6 C. By the action of ..."
3. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"ethyl ether OR ETHYL OXIDE. 215 Raymond Lully, as well as Basil Valentine, examined
the action of sulphuric acid upon spirit of wine, and hence it is ..."
4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"Thus methyl-ethyl ether may be obtained either by treating я mixture of methyl
alcohol (wood alcohol) and ordinary (ethyl) ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"(6) The Tests for the Presence of Water and Alcohol in ethyl ether. (c) On the
Changes Occurring in Stored Ether and on the Existence of ..."
6. A Text-book of organic chemistry by Arnold Frederick Holleman (1908)
"... and subsequent decomposition of this compound into ethyl ether and sulphuric
acid by the addition of more alcohol. Since the sulphuric acid is again ..."
7. Niosh Manual of Analytical Methods: Sampling and Analytical Methods for edited by Peter M. Eller (1994)
"... and TOLUENE in blood, 8002 Ethyl amyl ketone, see KETONES II, ETHYL BROMIDE,
Ethyl butyl ketone, see KETONES II, ETHYL CHLORIDE, 2519 ethyl ether, ..."
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