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Organic Chemicals > Ethers > Ethyl Ethers > Ether

Preferred term

Ether  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Diethyl Ether
  • Ether, Diethyl
  • Ether, Ethyl
  • Ethyl Ether

Scope note

  • A mobile, very volatile, highly flammable liquid used as an inhalation anesthetic and as a solvent for waxes, fats, oils, perfumes, alkaloids, and gums. It is mildly irritating to skin and mucous membranes.

History note

  • 2014(1963)

In other languages

  • dietyylieetteri

    Finnish

  • eetteri
  • etyylieetteri
  • tavallinen eetteri
  • Eter

    Swedish

  • Eter, etyl
  • Etyleter

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004986

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