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Urethane - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'Urethane' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Urethane [ n.]
- A white crystalline substance, NH2.CO.OC2H5, produced by the action of ammonia on ethyl carbonate. It is used somewhat in medicine as a hypnotic. By extension, any one of the series of related substances of which urethane proper is the type.