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Nitrous oxide   /nˈɪtrəs ˈɑksˌaɪd/   Listen
Nitrous oxide

noun
1.
Inhalation anesthetic used as an anesthetic in dentistry and surgery.  Synonym: laughing gas.





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"Nitrous oxide" Quotes from Famous Books



... wrench. The tooth came out as though the patient were a block of marble. There was not a cry or a movement, such as one notes when nitrous oxide is administered. Hilda Wade was to all appearance a mass of lifeless flesh. We stood round and watched. I was trembling with terror. Even on Sebastian's pale face, usually so unmoved, save by the watchful eagerness of scientific curiosity, I saw ...
— Hilda Wade - A Woman With Tenacity Of Purpose • Grant Allen


Words linked to "Nitrous oxide" :   inhalation general anesthetic, inhalation anaesthetic, inhalation anesthetic, ammonium nitrate, inhalation general anaesthetic, laughing gas


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