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Nitrous oxide, especially when used as an anaesthetic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- ETSC’s Belgian member VIAS institute is calling for the development of a breath test to detect when a driver has consumed nitrous oxide, known as ‘laughing gas’. Call for breath tests to detect drivers under the influence of nitrous oxide, ETSC, 20 February 2024
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: laughy gas
Antonyms: none provided
inhalation anesthetic used as an anesthetic in dentistry and surgery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nitrous oxide
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inhalation anesthetic, inhalation anaesthetic, inhalation general anesthetic, inhalation general anaesthetic
From its euphoric effects. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1799.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
laggas
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Catalan:
gas del riure
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Chinese Cantonese:
笑氣 /笑气
(siu3 hei3)
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Chinese Mandarin:
笑氣 /笑气
(xiàoqì)
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Finnish:
ilokaasu
— common name for nitrous oxide
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French:
gaz hilarant
— common name for nitrous oxide
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German:
Lachgas
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Hungarian:
nevetőgáz
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Hungarian:
kéjgáz
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Italian:
ossido di diazoto
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Italian:
protossido di azoto
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Japanese:
笑気
(shōki)
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Kazakh:
шаттандырғыш газ
(şattandyrğyş gaz)
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Polish:
gaz rozweselający
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Romanian:
gaz ilariant
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Russian:
веселя́щий га́з
(veseljáščij gáz)
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Slovak:
rajský plyn
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Spanish:
gas hilarante
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Spanish:
gas de la risa
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Swedish:
lustgas
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Thai:
ก๊าซหัวเราะ
(gáas-hǔua-rɔ́)
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Thai:
แก๊สหัวเราะ
(gɛ́ɛs-hǔua-rɔ́)
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Turkish:
diazot monoksit
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Turkish:
güldürücü gaz
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Turkish:
nitröz oksit
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Ukrainian:
нітроге́н
(nitrohén)
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Ukrainian:
окси́д
(oksýd)
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Ukrainian:
окси́д азо́ту
(oksýd azótu)
— common name for nitrous oxide
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Vietnamese:
khí cười
— common name for nitrous oxide
