Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Ethyl ether when used as an anesthetic.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.), rare Sulphuric ether used as an anæsthetic agent.

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  • noun medicine, archaic sulphuric ether used as an anaesthetic agent.

Etymologies

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New Latin, from Ancient Greek.

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  • Letheon is ethyl ether.

    October 13, 2022