ethylene glycol (redirected from Monoethylene glycol)

ethylene /eth·y·lene/ (eth´ĭ-lēn) a colorless flammable gas, CH2dbondCH2, with a slightly sweet odor and taste; formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic.

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ethylene dibromide  a fumigant and gasoline additive; it is a skin and mucous membrane irritant and is carcinogenic.

ethylene dichloride  a solvent, gasoline additive, and intermediate; it is irritating and toxic, and can be carcinogenic.

ethylene glycol  a solvent used as an antifreeze; ingestion can cause central nervous system depression, vomiting, hypotension, coma, convulsions, and death.

ethylene oxide  a gas used in manufacturing organic compounds and as a fumigant, fungicide, and sterilizing agent; it is highly irritating to the eyes and mucous membranes and is carcinogenic.

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ethylene glycol

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A colorless syrupy alcohol used as an antifreeze in cooling and heating systems.

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ethylene

a colorless, highly flammable gas with a slightly sweet taste and odor, used as an inhalation anesthetic to induce general anesthesia.

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ethylene dibromide (EDB)

grain fumigant. Treated seed seriously reduces egg production when fed to hens in very small amounts.

ethylene dichloride

industrial fumigant; causes respiratory and ophthalmic irritation, narcosis, disturbance of equilibrium.

ethylene glycol

antifreeze; palatable enough for animals to drink in quantity. Causes ataxia, depression, coma, polydipsia, vomiting and convulsions due to formation of oxalate crystals in brain blood vessels and renal tubules.

ethylene oxide

a fumigant used for foodstuffs, surgical equipment and as an agricultural fungicide. It is a gaseous, flammable alkylating agent with a broad spectrum of activity, being sporicidal and viricidal. It is used (mixed with CO₂ or fluorocarbons because it is explosive above 3%) for disinfecting and sterilizing equipment and instruments that are used in the hospital, surgery, dentistry, and the pharmaceutical and other industries, and that are thermolabile or will be adversely affected by immersion in water or other media. Its optimal germicidal effect occurs after a 3-hour exposure at 86°F (30°C). Its vapor is irritating to eyes and respiratory mucosa and can cause serious pulmonary edema. Called also oxirane.

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ethylene glycol

Toxicology A chemical used as an antifreeze, which is highly toxic–50-100 ml and may be fatal ethanol surrogate occasionally used as an inebrient by alcoholics EG intoxication stages 1. CNS Sx, occurring within first 24 hrs 2. Cardiovascular Sx, up to 72 hrs in duration 3. Respiratory arrest and renal failure with anuria Lab Anion-gap metabolic acidosis, ↑ serum osmolality, osmolar gap, hypocalcemia Diagnosis GLC, fluorometry, colorimetry Treatment Gastric lavage, emesis, charcoal and catharsis, calcium gluconate for hypocalcemia