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MeSH Heading: Ethylene Glycol
Tree Number(s): D02.033.455.250.268
Unique ID: D019855
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019855
Annotation: ETHYLENE GLYCOLS also available
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): 1,2-Ethanediol; 2-Hydroxyethanol; Monoethylene Glycol
Related Numbers: 107-21-1
Previous Indexing: Ethylene Glycols (1982-1997)
Public MeSH Note: 98; ETHYLENE GLYCOL was indexed under ETHYLENE GLYCOLS 1982-97
History Note: 98; use ETHYLENE GLYCOL (NM) 1982-97
Entry Combination: analogs & derivatives:Ethylene Glycols
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1997/06/20
Revision Date: 2013/07/08

Entry Combination: analogs & derivatives:Ethylene Glycols
Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

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cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

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Concept UI: M0029474
Related Numbers: 107-21-1
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Ethylene Glycol Preferred Term
Term UI T059085
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; 2-Hydroxyethanol
Term UI T059086
Date01/25/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Monoethylene Glycol
Term UI T059087
Date01/25/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); 1,2-Ethanediol
Term UI T059088
Date01/25/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998)

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