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ETHYL CHLORIDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A colorless flammable gas used as a local surface anesthetic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("ethyl chloride" is a kind of...):
local; local anaesthetic; local anesthetic; topical anaesthetic; topical anesthetic (anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body)
