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English

halothane

Blend of halogen + ethane.

A blend of halogen + ethane

Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’

Proto-Hellenic *hā́ls ‘salt’

Ancient Greek ἅλς ‘salt" or "sea’

English halogen

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη ‘wood’

German Ethy

English ethyl

English ethane

Today it means

noun The halogenated hydrocarbon 2-bromo-2-chloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane that is used as an inhalational general anaesthetic.

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