DIETHYL ETHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diethyl ether mean? 

• DIETHYL ETHER (noun)
  The noun DIETHYL ETHER has 1 sense:

1. a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic

  Familiarity information: DIETHYL ETHER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIETHYL ETHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

diethyl ether; divinyl ether; ether; ethoxyethane; ethyl ether; vinyl ether

Hypernyms ("diethyl ether" is a kind of...):

inhalation anaesthetic; inhalation anesthetic; inhalation general anaesthetic; inhalation general anesthetic (a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diethyl ether"):

enflurane; Ethrane (a nonflammable liquid (trade name Ethrane) used as an inhalation general anesthetic)

 Context examples 

A synthetic, light sensitive, light yellow liquid that is slightly soluble in water and miscible with carbon tetrachloride, diethyl ether and ethanol.

(o-Toluidine, NCI Thesaurus)