nitrous oxide
nitrous oxide
Definition
nitrous oxide
noun
a colorless, nonflammable gas, NO, used as an anesthetic and in aerosols
nitrous oxide
Usage Examples
Preposition: from
- fertilizer: This then evaporates, combines with nitrous oxide from fertilizers and industrial pollution and forms acid rain.
Converse of object
- produce: We have learned that intensively managed pasture produces far more nitrous oxide than was suspected.
- use: Uses Nitrous oxide is predominately used as a background anesthetic due to its weaker anesthetic properties.
- breathe: At private parties, oxygen tanks are rarely supplied, and people have died of asphyxiation by breathing straight nitrous oxide through face masks.
- include: Methotrexate should be used with caution in patients taking drugs known to have antifolate potential including nitrous oxide and trimethoprim.
- emit: Nitrous oxide emitted from vehicles is a growing menace.
- receive: With the exception of adult patients receiving nitrous oxide / oxygen inhalation sedation, an escort is mandatory for conscious sedation.
Adjective modifier
- liquid: These chargers contain liquid Nitrous Oxide under great pressure.
Preposition: in
- oxygen: Anesthesia was continued using isoflurane 0.6 % and nitrous oxide in oxygen ( 50/50 % ).
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