Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an ester of carbamic acid;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Urethane \U*reth"ane\, n. [F. ur['e]thane. See Urea; Ether.]
1. (Org. Chem.) A white crystalline substance,
NH2.CO.OC2H5, produced by the action of ammonia on ethyl
carbonate or by heating urea nitrate and ethyl alcohol. It
is used as a hypnotic, antipyretic, and antispasmodic.
Hence, any ester of carbamic acid.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. same as polyurethane.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
urethane
n 1: an ester of carbamic acid