aeth'yl, gen. ath'ylis

[G. aither, ether, hyle, matter.] Ethyl, the hypothetical radical, CjHj, of alcohol and ether, seth'ylis bro'midum, ethyl bromide, hydrobromic ether; a colorle volatile liquid, used by inhalation as a general anesthetic and in spray as a local anesthetic, asth'ylis car'bomas (U.S.), ethyl carbamate, an ester of carbamic acid, urethane, white colorle laminar crystals, obtained by the action of ethyl alcohol on urea; employed as an hypnotic in dose of gr. 10-30 (0.6-2.0). aeth'ylis chlo'ridum (U.S.), ethyl chloride, hydrochloric ether, chloryl anesthetic, kelene a very volatile liquid made by the action of hydrochloric acid on ethyl alcohol; used as local and general anesthetic, seth'ylis iod'idum, ethyl iodide, hydriodic inhalation— ether, a volatile colorle liquid employed by iffiio-i 5 (0.6-1.0), in edema of the glottis, spasmodic asthma, and nervous dyspnea.