Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun diethyl_ether

1 sense of diethyl ether

Sense 1
ether, ethoxyethane, divinyl ether, vinyl ether, diethyl ether, ethyl ether -- (a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic)
       => inhalation anesthetic, inhalation anaesthetic, inhalation general anesthetic, inhalation general anaesthetic -- (a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled)