- nitrous oxide as a noun:
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nitrous oxide
noun
1 nitrous oxide
Inhalation anesthetic used as an anesthetic in dentistry and surgery.
synonym: laughing gas.
Roget 376: insensibility, physical insensibility; obtuseness etc. adj.; palsy, paralysis, paraesthesia [Med.], anaesthesia; sleep etc. 823; hemiplegia†, motor paralysis; ... show more
Dutch: lachgas
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