Medical Dictionary
nitrous oxide
noun
Medical Definition of NITROUS OXIDE
: a colorless gas N2O that when inhaled produces loss of sensibility to pain preceded by exhilaration and sometimes laughter and is used especially as an anesthetic in dentistry—called also laughing gas
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