nitrous oxide
Noun
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Noun
nitrous oxide (uncountable)
- (inorganic compound) A non-flammable gas (N₂O) commonly used in surgery and dentistry for its anaesthetic and analgesic effects.
- Synonyms: laughing gas, dinitrogen oxide, dinitrogen monoxide, hippy crack, E942
- Hypernyms: greenhouse gas
- German: Distickstoffmonoxid
- Portuguese: óxido nitroso, gás hilariante, gás do riso
- Russian: за́кись азо́та
- Spanish: óxido nitroso
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