Ethylene glycol

Introduction: Ethylene glycol

Description of Ethylene glycol

Ethylene glycol: glycol (2)
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Ethylene glycol: A colorless, odorless, viscous dihydroxy alcohol. It has a sweet taste, but is poisonous if ingested. Ethylene glycol is the most important glycol commercially available and is manufactured on a large scale in the United States. It is used as an antifreeze and coolant, in hydraulic fluids, and in the manufacture of low-freezing dynamites and resins.
Source: Diseases Database

Ethylene glycol: viscous dihydroxy alcohol solvent with a sweetish acrid taste; poisonous if ingested; used as an antifreeze and coolant, in hydraulic fluids, and in the manufacture of low-freezing dynamites and resins.
Source: CRISP

Ethylene glycol: A colorless, odorless, viscous dihydroxy alcohol. It has a sweet taste, but is poisonous if ingested. Ethylene glycol is the most important glycol commercially available and is manufactured on a large scale in the United States. It is used as an antifreeze and coolant, in hydraulic fluids, and in the manufacture of low-freezing dynamites and resins.
Source: MeSH 2007

Ethylene glycol: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Ethylene glycol:

• Ethylene
• Glycol

Terms associated with Ethylene glycol:

Terms Similar to Ethylene glycol:

• Dihydroxyethanes
• Ethanediols

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Ethylene glycol:

• Chloral Hydrate
• Methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol
• Polyethylene Glycols
• Ethylene Glycol

Source - MeSH 2007

• chloral hydrate
• nonoxynol 9

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Ethylene glycol

• Glycols
• Ethylene Glycols

Source - MeSH 2007

• diol

Source - CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Ethylene glycol

The following list attempts to classify Ethylene glycol into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Organic Chemicals
  • Alcohols
    • Glycols
      • Ethylene Glycols

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Organic Chemicals
  • Alcohols
    • Glycols
      • Ethylene Glycols
        • Ethylene Glycol

External links related to: Ethylene glycol

• eMedicine - Toxicity, Ethylene Glycol : Article by Daniel C Keyes, MD, MPH
• Antizol Online, Description, Chemistry, Ingredients - Fomepizole - RxList Monographs
• Ethylene Glycol - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• Ethylene glycol (CASRN 107-21-1), IRIS, Environmental Protection Agency
• ETHYLENE GLYCOL (PIM 227)
• Ethylene glycol (PIM 227F)

Source: Diseases Database

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