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Inorganic Chemicals > Gases > Nitrogen Oxides > Nitrous Oxide
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Inorganic Chemicals > Oxygen Compounds > Oxides > Nitrogen Oxides > Nitrous Oxide
Inorganic Chemicals > Nitrogen Compounds > Nitrogen Oxides > Nitrous Oxide

Preferred term

Nitrous Oxide  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Gas, Laughing
  • Laughing Gas
  • Nitrogen Protoxide

Scope note

  • Nitrogen oxide (N2O). A colorless, odorless gas that is used as an anesthetic and analgesic. High concentrations cause a narcotic effect and may replace oxygen, causing death by asphyxia. It is also used as a food aerosol in the preparation of whipping cream.

History note

  • 1963; for NITROGEN PROTOXIDE use NITRIC OXIDE 1982-2008

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009609

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