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Descriptor English: Ethyl Chloride
Descriptor Spanish: Cloruro de Etilo
Descriptor cloruro de etilo
Entry term(s) cloroetano
Scope note: Gas que se condensa bajo una presión ligera. Por su bajo punto de ebullición, el cloruro de etilo pulverizado sobre la piel produce un frío intenso por evaporación. El frío bloquea la conducción nerviosa. Se ha utilizado el cloruro de etilo en cirugía pero se utiliza principalmente para aliviar el dolor local en la medicina deportiva.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cloreto de Etil
Descriptor French: Chloro-éthane
Entry term(s): Chemirosa, Cloretilo
Chloraethyl Dr. Henning
Chloride, Ethyl
Chloroethane
Cloretilo Chemirosa
Gebauer Ethyl Chloride
Gebauer's Ethyl Chloride
Gebauers Ethyl Chloride
WariActiv
Tree number(s): D02.455.526.439.447
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005018
Scope note: A gas that condenses under slight pressure. Because of its low boiling point ethyl chloride sprayed on skin produces an intense cold by evaporation. Cold blocks nerve conduction. Ethyl chloride has been used in surgery but is primarily used to relieve local pain in sports medicine.
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Anesthetics, Local
Registry Number: 46U771ERWK
CAS Type 1 Name: Ethane, chloro-
DeCS ID: 5110
Unique ID: D005018
NLM Classification: QV 81
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/07/05
Ethyl Chloride - Preferred
Concept UI M0007893
Scope note A gas that condenses under slight pressure. Because of its low boiling point ethyl chloride sprayed on skin produces an intense cold by evaporation. Cold blocks nerve conduction. Ethyl chloride has been used in surgery but is primarily used to relieve local pain in sports medicine.
Preferred term Ethyl Chloride
Entry term(s) Chloride, Ethyl
Chloroethane
Cloretilo Chemirosa - Narrower
Concept UI M0477825
Preferred term Cloretilo Chemirosa
Entry term(s) Chemirosa, Cloretilo
WariActiv - Narrower
Concept UI M0477827
Preferred term WariActiv
Chloraethyl Dr. Henning - Narrower
Concept UI M0477824
Preferred term Chloraethyl Dr. Henning
Gebauer's Ethyl Chloride - Narrower
Concept UI M0477826
Preferred term Gebauer's Ethyl Chloride
Entry term(s) Gebauer Ethyl Chloride
Gebauers Ethyl Chloride



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