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ethyl chloride

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noun

Chemistry.
  1. a flammable gas, C 2 H 5 Cl, used as a refrigerant, solvent, and anesthetic.


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Centers for Disease Control says chloroethane, which is also called ethyl chloride, is a colorless gas with a sharp odor that can also exist as a quick-evaporating liquid.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

Chloroethane, commonly known as ethyl chloride, is a colorless, flammable gas or refrigerated liquid.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2022

Explain the cooling effect of liquid ethyl chloride.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Modern doctors put the bee on patients more scientifically, first anesthetizing an arthritic joint with ethyl chloride, then applying artificial stings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Preliminary Steps.—By some practitioners the operation is performed with the animal standing, local anæsthesia having been first obtained by the use of cocaine, or an ethyl chloride spray.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton