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- noun organic chemistry A clear, colorless, highly flammable liquid with a low boiling point and chemical formula CH3-CH2-O-CH2-CH3. Used as a
solvent and in the past as a generalanesthetic .
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- noun a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic
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