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ethyl ether

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ethyl ether
n.
See ether.
ethyl ether
n
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a more formal name for ether [1]
ethyl ether
See ether.
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Noun1.ethyl ether - a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic
diethyl ether, divinyl ether, ethoxyethane, vinyl ether, ether
enflurane, Ethrane - a nonflammable liquid (trade name Ethrane) used as an inhalation general anesthetic
inhalation anaesthetic, inhalation anesthetic, inhalation general anaesthetic, inhalation general anesthetic - a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled


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Bart Vanderhaegen of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Heverlee, Belgium, and his colleagues have discovered that furfuryl ethyl ether contributes an unpleasant "solvent" or "chemical" flavor with age, primarily in ales.
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Deputies said they found several ounces of PCP, a five-gallon can of ethyl ether and two one-gallon plastic containers with liquid PCP residue inside.
BRIEFLY EX-CON SUSPECTED OF PCP VIOLATION by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
For the ethyl ether extraction, we added 5 g NaCl and 1 mL 6 N HCl to 100 g shellfish homogenate as prepared above; the substances were mixed and then boiled for 5 min.
A competitive ELISA to detect brevetoxins from Karenia brevis ... by Baden, Daniel G. / Environmental Health Perspectives
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