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urethane

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urethane (yoor´ithān´),
n ethyl carbamate used as an anesthetic agent for laboratory animals, formerly used as a hypnotic in humans.
urethane
a compound with limited use as an anesthetic in nonrecovery experiments with laboratory animals because it causes pulmonary edema and is carcinogenic.
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