Associations to the word «Cyclopropane»

Wiktionary

CYCLOPROPANE, noun. (organic compound) (pharmaceutical drug) The simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C3H6, an inflammable gas, sometimes used as an anaesthetic.

Dictionary definition

CYCLOPROPANE, noun. A colorless flammable gas sometimes used as an inhalation anesthetic.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats