ethyl

noun

ethyl

noun

UK /ˈɛθaɪl/ · CA, US /ˈɛθəl/

Etymology From German Ethyl, from Ether + -yl.

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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences The univalent hydrocarbon radical, C₂H₅, formally derived from ethane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.

Synonyms
E, Et
Derived terms
121 termsaminoethyl, aminoethylpiperazine, artemotil, azidoethyl, benzethonium, bretazenil, bretylium, chloroethyl, cyanoethyl, dabigatran etexilate, desethyl, desethylchloroquine, desethylsimazine, diethyl, diethylamide, doxefazepam, ecothiopate, edrophonium, emepronium, etacrynic acid, ethaverine, ethionic acid, ethosuximide, ethotoin, ethoxyethyl, ethyl acetate, ethyl acrylate, ethyl alcohol, ethylamine, ethylamphetamine, ethylaniline, ethylate, ethylation, ethylbenzene, ethyl benzoate, ethyl biscoumacetate, ethyl borate, ethyl bromide, ethyl butylacetylaminopropionate, ethyl carbamate, ethyl carfluzepate, ethylcellulose, ethyl cellulose, ethyl chloride, ethyl dirazepate, ethylene, ethylephedrine, ethylestrenol, ethyl ether, ethyl formate, ethyl green, ethyl hexanoate, ethyl hydrate, ethyl hydroxide, ethylic, ethyl iodide, ethylketazocine, ethyl loflazepate, ethylmaleimide, ethyl mercaptan, ethylmercury, ethyl mercury, ethyl methyl cellulose, ethyl methylphenylglycidate, ethylmorphine, ethyl nitrate, ethyl nitrite, ethylnitrosourea, ethylnorepinephrine, ethylol, ethyl oxalate, ethyl oxide, ethylparaben, ethyl para-hydroxybenzoate, ethylphenacemide, ethylphenol, ethyl salicate, ethyl silicate, ethyl sulfide, ethylsulphuric acid, ethylthioxanthate, ethyl urethane, ethylvanillin, ethyl vinyl ether, ethylxanthate, ethylxanthogenate, eticlopride, eticyclidine, etidocaine, etidronic acid, etilefrine, etilevodopa, etizolam, etodroxizine, etomidate, etretinate, etybenzatropine, fluoroethyl, guanethidine, hydroxyethyl, hydroxyethylpromethazine, iminoethyl, methoxyethyl, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl ethyl ketone peroxide, monoethyl, nitrosoethylurea, norgestrel, octaethyl, oxalethyline, oxoethyl, pethidine, phenetol, phenylethylamide, suxethonium, tetraethyl, tetraethylammonium, tetraethylgermanium, tetra-ethyl lead, thioethyl, triethyl

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