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Ethyl Chloride
see synonyms of ethyl chlorideNoun
1. ethyl chloride
a colorless flammable gas used as a local surface anesthetic
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Ethyl Chloride
see synonyms of ethyl chloride a colorless liquid, C2H5Cl, prepared by heating ethyl alcohol with hydrogen chloride in the presence of zinc chloride: used in preparing tetraethyl lead and ethyl cellulose, and as a local anesthetic
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Ethyl Chloride
see synonyms of ethyl chloriden.
A flammable halocarbon, C2H5Cl, that is a gas at ordinary temperatures and a colorless volatile liquid when compressed, used as a solvent, as a refrigerant, and in manufacturing tetraethyl lead.
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