ethyl chloride

noun

, Chemistry.

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

Example Sentences

Anæsthetise a small selected area of skin by spraying it with ethyl chloride.

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It is easily broken down by many substances (aluminium chloride, zinc chloride, &c.) into ethyl chloride and carbon dioxide.

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Chloroform, and morphia, and cocaine, and ethyl chloride have taught us that pain is an evil.

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Throat- and nose-sprays are much used, also sprays for the administration of local ansthetics (ethyl chloride).

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