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UK number for non-emergency medical advice
service is known as NHS 111; in Scotland, NHS 24; and in Wales, NHS 111 Wales. The transition from NHS Direct (0845 4647) to NHS 111 in England was completed
NHS_111
Topics referred to by the same term
111 (emergency telephone number), the emergency telephone number in New Zealand NHS 111, a free-to-call non-emergency medical helpline in the UK (111)
111
Triage software used by the National Health Service
for medical care and emergency medical services – such as 999 or 111 calls – in some NHS trusts and seven of the ambulance services in the country. In its
NHS_Pathways
Natural number
also matched—111/1, 222/2 etc. 111 is also: The emergency telephone number in New Zealand; see 111 (emergency telephone number). NHS 111, a medical helpline
111_(number)
Emergency number in several countries
moved from 0845 424 2424 to 111 on 29 April 2014. NHS 111 Wales (formally NHS Direct Wales) can now be accessed through the 111 number. It previously used
999 (emergency telephone number)
999_(emergency_telephone_number)
Former health advice and information service in England
was discontinued on 31 March 2014 and replaced by NHS 111. As a part of the National Health Service, NHS Direct services were free, although the 0845 number
NHS_Direct
Period during the carrying of an embryo
01.001. PMID 15899352. "You and your baby at 0-8 weeks pregnant". NHS 111 Wales. NHS Wales. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2022. "What is HCG?".
Gestation
Scottish healthcare advice service
The telehealth services provided by NHS Scotland fulfil some similar functions to NHS Direct Wales and the NHS 111 scheme in England. The service can be
NHS_24
British private company
2022 a ransomware attack against its health and care systems disrupted NHS 111 and other services and led to the exfiltration of personal data from tens
Advanced_Computer_Software
in this range, such as 0845 46 47 for NHS Direct; this was closed in 2014 (2015 in Wales) and replaced by NHS 111. The usage of 0871, 0872 and 0873 numbers
Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom
Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom
Mobile app of the National Health Service in England
prescriptions and access their GP record. The app can also be used to access NHS 111, set patients' data sharing preferences, and record organ donation preferences
NHS_app
Swedish online healthcare company
Records. In June 2020, it announced plans to integrate the service into NHS 111 in three regions of the UK. North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group
Livi_(company)
British television film
suffers a serious coughing fit. Sarah calls the COVID-19 hotline, as well as NHS 111, but no ambulances are available in the area. Angry and frightened, Sarah
Help_(2021_TV_film)
Defunct English healthcare company
healthcare services including out-of-hours services, NHS 111, prisoner healthcare and IT services. It provided NHS services to more than eight million people in
Harmoni
Ministerial department of the UK Government
(ALBs), including executive non-departmental public bodies such as NHS England and the NHS Digital, and executive agencies such as the UK Health Security
Department of Health and Social Care
Department_of_Health_and_Social_Care
NHS Direct Wales is a 24-hour telephone and internet health advice service provided by NHS Wales to enable people to obtain advice when use of the national
NHS_Direct_Wales
English healthcare company
and illness on a no-appointment basis, or to patients referred via the NHS 111 service) and delivers ophthalmology services throughout England. The hospitals
Practice_Plus_Group
Ambulance trust in Yorkshire, England
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (YAS) is the NHS ambulance service covering most of Yorkshire in England. It is one of ten NHS Ambulance Trusts providing
Yorkshire_Ambulance_Service
Ambulance service for North West England
emergency ambulance response via the 999 system, as well as operating the NHS 111 advice service for North West England. They also operate non-emergency
North_West_Ambulance_Service
Ambulance trust in England
private provider. In November 2019, the trust took over the running of the NHS 111 service in the West Midlands, except Staffordshire. The trust is led by
West Midlands Ambulance Service
West_Midlands_Ambulance_Service
UK ambulance service
Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is the organisation responsible for providing ambulance services for the National Health Service (NHS) across South
South Western Ambulance Service
South_Western_Ambulance_Service
Publicly-funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom
(England), NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and Health and Social Care (Northern Ireland) which was created separately and is often referred to locally as "the NHS". The
National_Health_Service
Type of medical worker in the UK
services, general dental practices and the Armed Forces. The national NHS 111 telephone service also employ dental nurse advisors. Dental nurse advisors
Registered_dental_nurse
Actress and singer
"Ambassadors". Alopecia UK. 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2026. "Alopecia UK". NHS 111 Wales. 2022. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 21
Joelle_(actress)
Emergency medical process
triage systems to standardize and automate the triage process (e.g., eCTAS, NHS 111) in both hospitals and the field. Moreover, the recent development of new
Triage
took over the NHS 111 service in Shropshire in 2015. It was announced in 2017 that a £48m contract for Out-of-hours service GP and 111 services in Cornwall
Vocare
friends, family members or delivery services to do errands", and call NHS 111 if they had arrived in the UK in the previous 14 days, regardless of whether
British government response to the COVID-19 pandemic
British_government_response_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic
Type of medical clinic
hours a day, every day, offer appointments that can be booked through NHS 111 or through a GP referral, and be equipped with basic diagnostic equipment
Urgent_care_center
UK public sector ambulance service
The North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (NEAS) is an NHS foundation trust responsible for providing NHS ambulance services in North East
North_East_Ambulance_Service
"Emergency and urgent care services: NHS 111". NHS England. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2014. "About Us". NHS 24. Archived from the original on 26
Healthcare in the United Kingdom
Healthcare_in_the_United_Kingdom
English NHS Trust
East Cheshire NHS Trust is a NHS trust in Cheshire which runs Macclesfield District General Hospital (323 beds), Congleton War Memorial Hospital (28 beds)
East_Cheshire_NHS_Trust
Ambulance service in London
The London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS) is an NHS trust responsible for operating ambulances and answering and responding to urgent and emergency
London_Ambulance_Service
meeting criteria for NHS care free at the point of delivery. The NHS commissions most emergency medical services through the 14 NHS organisations with ambulance
Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom
Emergency_medical_services_in_the_United_Kingdom
Emergency telephone number
police in general non-emergency situations. 111 is the emergency telephone number in New Zealand. NHS 111 is a free-to-call single non-emergency telephone
119 (emergency telephone number)
119_(emergency_telephone_number)
French-British pianist and composer (born 1983)
help people manage anxiety, resulting in "Meditation 111" (named for the NHS' 111 helpline). Announcing that release, RIOPY said, "As someone who has struggled
Riopy
Phone number for UK local police forces
introduce the caller to the police operator. 101 may be easily mistaken for NHS 111, which offers non-emergency medical advice. 101 calls were originally chargeable
Police_101
Health services company in the United Kingdom
East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board, including NHS 111 and GP out-of-hours services; it also provides telecare monitoring for
Medvivo
UK cloud communications provider
Partnership". ContactCenterWorld.com. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2020. "NHS 111 takes home top award at UK Cloud Awards 2017". "Serco-Content Guru Alliance
Content_Guru
Performance measures used by the NHS
NHS targets are performance measures used by NHS England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and the Health and Social Care service in Northern Ireland. These vary
NHS_targets
Sandwell, Heart of Birmingham, South Birmingham and Wolverhampton. Integrated NHS 111 access and Out of Hours were set up in November 2017, designed to bring
Healthcare_in_West_Midlands
NHS service
through NHS Direct and passed, where necessary, to the appropriate provider of out-of-hours services in that locality.” eventually developed into NHS 111 and
Out-of-hours_service
into most ambulance and police services in the UK and is the national NHS 111 video system. Multiple studies have shown evidence of benefit. Linderoth
Good Smartphone Activated Medics
Good_Smartphone_Activated_Medics
Provider of ambulance services for south-eastern England
The South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is the NHS ambulance services trust for south-eastern England, covering Kent (including
South East Coast Ambulance Service
South_East_Coast_Ambulance_Service
breathing – in the previous 14 days would require self-isolation and calling NHS 111. These countries included China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Republic
COVID-19_pandemic_in_England
Executive non-departmental public body
systems across whole geographical areas from 2015, including social care and NHS 111. There are suggestions that it could inspect clinical commissioning groups
Care_Quality_Commission
Method of medical prescription
should be introduced in all urgent care settings in England, including NHS 111 and other Out-of-hours services so that dispensed medication can be ready
Electronic_prescribing
British ENT specialist and rhinologist
In mid May 2020 Hopkins claimed that it was "clinical negligence" for NHS 111 not to recognise anosmia as being a likely symptom of COVID-19. She also
Claire_Hopkins
Data combined from several measurements
(NHS) under the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in England stated that this collection of aggregate data is going to replace the NHS 111 minimum
Aggregate_data
UK phone number not linked to a location
March 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012. TheyWorkForYou (27 March 2012). "NHS 111 telephone service". Hansard — House of Commons — Oral Answers to Questions
Non-geographic telephone numbers in the United Kingdom
Non-geographic_telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom
Type of freephone service in the European Union
telephone numbers to be allocated are 116 000 (missing children helplines), 116 111 (child help lines) and 116 123 (emotional support helplines). As of March
Harmonised service of social value
Harmonised_service_of_social_value
Public inquiry into the United Kingdom's handling of COVID-19
(29 April 2021). "Covid bereaved condemn government refusal to publish NHS 111 training content". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 May 2021. Conn, David (12
UK_COVID-19_Inquiry
2010, 111 was introduced on a trial basis for non-urgent calls to the NHS. The scheme was rolled out nationally from 2013 and has replaced the NHS Direct
History of telephone numbers in the United Kingdom
History_of_telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom
doctors) as part of the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. The NHS specifies what GPs, as independent contractors, are expected to do and provides
General_medical_services
NHS trust and ambulance service in Wales
practitioners working from a RRV. NHS Direct Wales / 111 Wales - a 24-hour telephone and internet health advice service provided by NHS Wales to enable people to
Welsh_Ambulance_Service
week. It is confirmed that a software outage affecting some NHS services, such as NHS 111, the previous day was the result of software hackers. 6 August
2022_in_the_United_Kingdom
exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. NHS 111, NHS 24 and NHS Direct all use the TOXBASE database. In the UK poisons information
National Poisons Information Service
National_Poisons_Information_Service
Town and civil parish in Hampshire, England
Ambulance Service provides ambulance cover in the town in response to NHS 111 call and emergency 999 call. The dominant religion in the town is Christianity
Fleet,_Hampshire
Law enforcement agency
similar to the Police 101 and the NHS 111 services. JESCC does not offer on the phone medical advice like the 111 service but triages calls through a
Guernsey_Police
Hospital in Wales
related to Royal Gwent Hospital. Official website Royal Gwent Hospital on the NHS 111 Wales website Healthcare Inspectorate Wales inspection reports
Royal_Gwent_Hospital
Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at a site just off the A57 Sheffield Parkway dual-carriageway on 10 March; in this case, patients ringing NHS 111 with coronavirus-like
United Kingdom responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
United_Kingdom_responses_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic
Regional ambulance service in England
responds to emergency 999 calls, in addition to calls from the NHS non-emergency number, 111. These services are provided in an area that roughly covers
South Central Ambulance Service
South_Central_Ambulance_Service
Health Service since it was established in 1948. Unlike the rest of the NHS, pharmacies are largely privately provided apart from those in hospitals
Pharmacy in the United Kingdom
Pharmacy_in_the_United_Kingdom
Calls are free. NHS 111 is a free-to-call single non-emergency telephone number medical helpline provided by the National Health Service (NHS) in the United
Abbreviated_dialing
March 2020; "PHE tells patients with suspected coronavirus to call GP or NHS 111". The Pharmaceutical Journal. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020
Development_of_COVID-19_tests
generated and sent to a clinician. Triaging applications, such as used by NHS 111 advise on the urgency of the problem. Ada Health WebMD Your.MD "ATA Teledermatology
Electronic_consultation
Hospital in Hertfordshire, England
appointments, through NHS 111 or their GP practice. It is not a walk-in service. "St Albans City Hospital". www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk. Retrieved 14 November
St_Albans_City_Hospital
Electronic database
permanently. The directory is used by: NHS 111 Choose and Book NHS Pathways NHS Choices In 2005 Peter Davies a former NHS head of communications set up a scheme
Directory_of_services
Health and social care in Suffolk, England
year contract in partnership with the Suffolk GP Federation to run the NHS 111 helpline and out of hours services in Suffolk and north east Essex in June
Healthcare_in_Suffolk
breathing—in the previous 14 days would require self-isolation and calling NHS 111. These countries included China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Republic
History of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
History_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom
US-based software and services company
Where NHS England commissions material containing IPRs, it owns those IPRs – this includes the data ontology commissioned by NHS England to support NHS FDP
Palantir
community care hubs primarily for care of the elderly and to integrate NHS 111 and the out-of-hours service. The CCG’s savings target for 2017/8 is £29
Healthcare_in_Cornwall
NHS hospital trust
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is an NHS foundation trust based in London, United Kingdom. It comprises University College
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
University_College_London_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust
British pressure group
(29 April 2021). "Covid bereaved condemn government refusal to publish NHS 111 training content". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021
Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice
Covid-19_Bereaved_Families_for_Justice
taken over by Primecare in early 2017. The contract envisaged integrating NHS 111 and GP out-of-hours services. Primecare was placed in special measures
Healthcare_in_Kent
Hospital in London, England
Kensington and Chelsea, and Belmont in Sutton. It is managed by The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and supported by The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. In addition
Royal_Marsden_Hospital
English NHS plan
The Five Year Forward View was produced by NHS England in October 2014 under the leadership of Simon Stevens as a planning document. It received praise
Five_Year_Forward_View
Political party in the United Kingdom
lists within two years by giving the NHS an extra £17bn a year and increasing the use of the private sector in the NHS, giving tax breaks to nurses and doctors
Reform_UK
Hospital in England
Hospital (NMGH) is a large NHS hospital in Crumpsall, North Manchester, England. It is operated by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. There is
North Manchester General Hospital
North_Manchester_General_Hospital
Country in northwestern Europe
universal publicly funded healthcare (NHS England, NHS Scotland, Health and Social Care (Northern Ireland) and NHS Wales), although private healthcare is
United_Kingdom
Hospital in England
Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-4456-1296-6. "Royal Hampshire County Hospital". Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Archived from
Royal Hampshire County Hospital
Royal_Hampshire_County_Hospital
NHS hospital trust in England
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest hospital trusts in England. It runs the Kent and Canterbury Hospital (Canterbury)
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
East_Kent_Hospitals_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust
British politician (born 1966)
policy would affect the delivery of NHS services. Chief executive of NHS Providers Chris Hopson described the seven-day NHS plan as "impossible to deliver"
Jeremy_Hunt
Publicly-funded healthcare system in Northern Ireland
of the United Kingdom. While sometimes called the NHS, the HSC differs from NHS England and from NHS Wales in that the HSC provides not only health care
Health and Social Care (Northern Ireland)
Health_and_Social_Care_(Northern_Ireland)
Somerset SHA. In 2006, regions were again reorganised and Somerset came under NHS South West until that was abolished in 2013. There were three primary care
Healthcare_in_Somerset
AI research laboratory
Cambridge Computer Laboratory. In September 2015, DeepMind and the Royal Free NHS Trust signed their initial information sharing agreement to co-develop a
Google_DeepMind
Cathedral city in the West Midlands, England
Coventry is provided primarily by the National Health Service (NHS); the principal NHS hospital covering the city is the University Hospital Coventry
Coventry
British politician and broadcaster (born 1964)
hard-right, ultra-aggressive American Tea Party-type movement", singling out the NHS and gun control liberalisation as particular issues. Raheem Kassam, Farage's
Nigel_Farage
British private healthcare provider
operation of the services was returned to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. The services during the period in which they were run by Circle Health
Circle_Health_Group
Oral sex on the penis by a sexual partner
October 13, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2013. "What is oral sex?". NHS Choices. NHS. 2009-01-15. Archived from the original on 2010-10-01. "Global strategy
Fellatio
initially offered a discount to £9,500 due to the buyer's wife's status as an NHS retiree, but the buyer raised Mike's offer. Part II No. # Vehicle Budget
List of Wheeler Dealers episodes
List_of_Wheeler_Dealers_episodes
The University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust is a defunct NHS foundation trust that previously operated Wythenshawe Hospital, a major
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust
University_Hospital_of_South_Manchester_NHS_Foundation_Trust
Views and voting record of the British politician
Farage said the NHS might have to be replaced with an insurance-based healthcare system. UKIP denied claims it wanted to privatise the NHS. In his 2015 book
Political positions of Nigel Farage
Political_positions_of_Nigel_Farage
English theoretical physicist (1942–2018)
privatise the NHS, and for cutting funding to it as a result. He was also in favour of increasing the numbers of doctors and nurses in the NHS. Before the
Stephen_Hawking
Inflammation of the brain
1016/S0140-6736(16)31012-1. PMC 5388903. PMID 27733281. "Encephalitis". NHS Choices. 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved
Encephalitis
Capital of England and the United Kingdom
Service ambulance services are provided by the London Ambulance Service (LAS) NHS Trust. The London Air Ambulance charity operates in conjunction with the
London
White paper by the British Home Office
tech". The closure of the care worker visa route particularly affected the NHS and social care sectors. The white paper ended new overseas recruitment for
Restoring Control over the Immigration System
Restoring_Control_over_the_Immigration_System
Highway in Alaska
several sections, between the following mileages: 19 and 24; 37 and 50; 91 and 111; 113 and 197; 257 and 261; 344 and 352; and 356 and 361.[citation needed]
Dalton_Highway
Supranational political and economic union
November 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010. "info about health care and EHIC". Nhs.uk. 29 April 2010. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved
European_Union
British politician (born 1980)
into gender identity services in the NHS, Badenoch wrote that had "those who warned that gender services in the NHS had been hijacked by ideologues been
Kemi_Badenoch
Railroad museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania
Steamtown National Historic Site (NHS) is a railroad museum and heritage railroad located on 62.48 acres (25.3 ha) in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania
Steamtown National Historic Site
Steamtown_National_Historic_Site
NHS 111
NHS 111
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of Greek Ionas, JÓNAS means "dove."
Female
Egyptian
, the wife of the scribe Pet-amen-neb-nes-ataui.
Female
Egyptian
, the mother of prince Namurot.
Female
Egyptian
, Follower of Maut.
Female
Egyptian
, the wife of King Namrut.
Boy/Male
Irish
Son of Nis.
Female
Egyptian
, a royal lady of the IIIrd or IVth dynasty.
Female
Egyptian
, the mother of Pet-amen-neb-nes-ataui.
Female
Egyptian
, the wife of Prince Sheshonk.
Female
Egyptian
, wife of Pa-du-amen-nes-tau-ui.
Male
Hungarian
Pet form of Hungarian János, JANCSI means "God is gracious."
Female
Egyptian
, Follower of Khons.
Male
Egyptian
, the son of Nes-pthah.
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian form of Greek Ioannes, JÃNOS means "God is gracious."
Male
Hebrew
(× Öµ×¡) Hebrew name NES means "miracle."
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian form of Greek Dionysios, DÉNES means "follower of Dionysos."
Boy/Male
Welsh
Legendary son of Nes.
Male
Egyptian
, the father of Nes-em-ab.
Male
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name LÀNH means "peaceful."
Female
Egyptian
, the queen of King Pepi-Merira.
NHS 111
NHS 111
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Lively; Energetic
Female
Japanese
(æ „å) Japanese name EIKO means "long-lived child" or "splendid child."
Girl/Female
Bengali, Celebrity, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Rajasthani, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
An Offering of Songs
Girl/Female
Indian
Light, Lamp
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Pashtun
Fighting Point; Battleground
Girl/Female
Tamil
Goddess Parvati, Purity, Gift from God, One who protects, Night prayer
Boy/Male
British, English, German, Netherlands
Famous in Battle
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Gift of God; Blessed from God
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Name of Jain
Boy/Male
Arabic, Danish, Hindu, Indian, Malaysian, Marathi, Muslim, Pashtun, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Prosperity; Father of Moses; A Prophet's Name; Powerful; Prosperous; Master; Beautiful
NHS 111
NHS 111
NHS 111
NHS 111
NHS 111
a.
Pertaining to, containing, or combined with, the radical NH, which is called the imido group.
n.
A nitrogenous, organic base, NH2.OH, resembling ammonia, and produced by a modified reduction of nitric acid. It is usually obtained as a volatile, unstable solution in water. It acts as a strong reducing agent.
n.
A strong, liquid, organic base, C3H7.C6H4.NH2, homologous with aniline.
n.
A colorless, mobile, inflammable liquid, C2H5.NH2, very volatile and with an ammoniacal odor. It is a strong base, and is a derivative of ammonia. Called also ethyl carbamine, and amido ethane.
n.
A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn.
n
A white crystalline neutral substance (C2O2(NH2)2) obtained by treating ethyl oxalate with ammonia. It is the acid amide of oxalic acid. Formerly called also oxalamide.
n.
A compound radical, NH4, having the chemical relations of a strongly basic element like the alkali metals.
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid NH2.C2O2.HO obtained as a fine crystalline powder, intermediate between oxalic acid and oxamide. Its ammonium salt is obtained by boiling oxamide with ammonia.
n.
A liquid organic base, C10H13.NH2, derived from cymene.
a.
Of or pertaining to a sulphamide; derived from, or related to, a sulphamide; specifically, designating an amido acid derivative, NH2.SO2.OH, of sulphuric acid (analogous to sulphonic acid) which is not known in the free state, but is known in its salts.
n.
One of two basic amido derivatives of naphthalene, C10H7.NH2, forming crystalline solids.
n.
One of the elder and principal deities, the son of Coelus and Terra (Heaven and Earth), and the father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek divinity was Kro`nos, later CHro`nos, Time.
n.
A colorless, volatile, alkaline liquid, NH(C2H5)2, having a strong fishy odor resembling that of herring or sardines. Cf. Methylamine.
n.
An artificial, yellow, crystalline dye, C6H5N2.C6H3(NH2)2. Also, one of a group of dyestuffs resembling chrysoidine proper.
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.