ethyl chloride

noun

Chloroethane.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounethyl chloride (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryChloroethane.

    Thiopentone is a short-acting drug – not a good agent to keep the patient anaesthetized for very long – so a switch must be made to another anaesthetic. The common one used in those days was ethyl chloride.

    2006, Ted Freeman, Doctor in Vanuatu, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, →ISBN, page 29

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
chloroethane
Cite this entry
APA

ethyl chloride. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethyl%20chloride

MLA

“ethyl chloride.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethyl%20chloride. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ethyl chloride,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethyl%20chloride.

Source: ethyl chloride on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.