Taber's Medical Dictionary
ethylene
(eth′ĭ-lēn″)
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A flammable, explosive, colorless gas, CH2CH2, prepared from alcohol by dehydration. It is present in illuminating gas. It is colorless and has a sweetish taste but a pungent, foul odor. It is lighter than air and diffuses when liberated.
CAS #75-21-8
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Ethylene." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755582/all/ethylene.
Ethylene. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755582/all/ethylene. Accessed December 9, 2023.
Ethylene. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755582/all/ethylene
Ethylene [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 December 09]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755582/all/ethylene.
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