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DIVINYL ETHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does divinyl ether mean? 

DIVINYL ETHER (noun)
  The noun DIVINYL ETHER has 1 sense:

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


DIVINYL 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 ("divinyl 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 "divinyl ether"):

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


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