A mobile, very volatile, highly flammable liquid used as an inhalation anesthetic and as a solvent for waxes, fats, oils, perfumes, alkaloids, and gums. It is mildly irritating to skin and mucous membranes.
Organic compounds having two alkyl or aryl groups bonded to an oxygen atom, as in the formula R1–O–R2.
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Anesthesia
A state characterized by loss of feeling or sensation. This depression of nerve function is usually the result of pharmacologic action and is induced to allow performance of surgery or other painful procedures.
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Anesthesia, Endotracheal
Procedure in which an anesthetic such as a gas or mixture of gases is inhaled through a tube into the lungs.