exhilarating gas

  • 1exhilarating-gas — n. Nitrous oxide, protoxide of nitrogen, laughing gas …

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  • 2gas — n 1. something which is exhilarating, stimulating or highly enjoyable. In the phrases it s a gas and what a gas! , this word became one of the cliches of the hippy vocabulary. It probably originated in American black street slang of the late… …

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  • 3Gas, laughing — Nitrous oxide, a gas capable of causing general anesthesia. Today nitrous oxide is sometimes given in the company of other anesthetic agents but is no longer used as the sole anesthetic agent because the concentration of nitrous oxide needed to… …

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  • 4laughing-gas — n. Nitrous oxide, protoxide of nitrogen, exhilarating gas …

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  • 5Laughing gas — Nitrous oxide, a gas that can cause general anesthesia. Nitrous oxide is sometimes given in the company of other anesthetic agents but it is never used today as the only anesthetic agent because the concentration of nitrous oxide needed to… …

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  • 6Nitrous oxide (laughing gas) — A gas that can cause general anesthesia. Nitrous oxide is sometimes given in the company of other anesthetic agents but it is not used today as the only anesthetic agent because the concentration of nitrous oxide needed to produce anesthesia is… …

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  • 7laughing gas — /ˈlafɪŋ gæs/ (say lahfing gas) noun nitrous oxide, N2O, which when inhaled sometimes produces exhilarating effects, used as an anaesthetic in dentistry, minor surgery, etc …

  • 8Physical Insensibility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Physical Insensibility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 insensibility insensibility physical insensibility Sgm: N 1 obtuseness obtuseness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 palsy palsy paralysis paraesthesia anaesthesia Sgm: N 1 sle …

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  • 9nitrous oxide — Laughing gas, protoxide of nitrogen, exhilarating gas, nitrogen monoxide …

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