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ethyl nitrite spirit
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noun Pharmacology.
a four percent solution of ethyl nitrite in alcohol, formerly used in medicine as a diaphoretic, diuretic, and antispasmodic.
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Also called spirit of nitrous ether, sweet spirit of nitre.
Words nearby ethyl nitrite spirit
ethylic, ethyl malonate, ethyl mercaptan, ethyl nitrate, ethyl nitrite, ethyl nitrite spirit, ethyl sulfide, ethyl urethane, ethyne, ethynyl, ethynylation
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