etere

Definitions of etere
  1. noun
    a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic
  2. noun
    the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
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    elemento
    one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe
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