ether
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈiːθər/
- Archaic
:
éter
- Larch wakes up; he shakes off the ether haze.
Examples
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The doctor carefully administered ether as the patient began to feel relaxed and drowsy.
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The air is drowsy with the odor of ether that leaks from U.S. Army surplus anesthesia machines.
Fiction book (2000) -
Then we lost it until the use of ether was discovered during the American Civil War.
Academic text (2008) -
And they took it while I was under ether.
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So Mac administered the ether.
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Mr. Rose holds the ether cone over Rose Rose's face.
Fiction book (1999) -
A nurse prepares to place the ether mask over Wolfgang's nose and mouth.
Fiction book (1992) -
She inhaled the ether through a mask, surrendering to the anesthetic's effects before surgery.
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After receiving a dose of ether, he quickly fell into a deep, painless sleep for the procedure.
Synonyms
A clear liquid that catches fire easily, once used to make people sleep for operations and as a lab solvent
A clear, very flammable liquid once used to make people sleep during surgery and to dissolve chemicals
A clear liquid that catches fire easily and was used to make people sleep during surgery and to dissolve substances
Idioms
Compounds
- Archaic
A clear, very flammable liquid once used to make people sleep during surgery and to dissolve chemicals
- Specialized
A colorless, very flammable liquid once used to make patients unconscious by breathing it
- Archaic
A clear liquid that catches fire easily and was used to make people sleep during surgery and to dissolve substances
- Archaic
A clear, very flammable liquid once breathed in to make people sleep for surgery
How Flammable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ether was used for the colorless liquid that worked as an anesthetic because it makes people feel dreamy and removes pain, like a soft, otherworldly state. That is why surgeons called the drug ether when it first allowed painless operations.