ethyl chloride
Americannoun
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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
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