ˌethəˈnȯləˌmēn, -nōl- noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary ethanol + amine
1. : a colorless liquid basic amino alcohol HOCH 2 CH 2 NH 2 made usually from ammonia and ethylene oxide and used chiefly as a solvent, in scrubbing acidic gases from gas streams, in making detergents, and in synthesis (as of pharmaceuticals); 2-amino-ethanol; 2-hydroxyethyl-amine — called also monoethanolamine
2. : an amino alcohol containing hydroxyethyl attached to amino nitrogen — see diethanolamine , triethanolamine