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ETHYL CHLORIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ethyl chloride mean? 

ETHYL CHLORIDE (noun)
  The noun ETHYL CHLORIDE has 1 sense:

1. a colorless flammable gas used as a local surface anestheticplay

  Familiarity information: ETHYL CHLORIDE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ETHYL CHLORIDE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless flammable gas used as a local surface anesthetic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ethyl chloride" is a kind of...):

local; local anaesthetic; local anesthetic; topical anaesthetic; topical anesthetic (anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body)


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