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nitrous oxide
(redirected from Happy gas)

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nitrous oxide
n.
A colorless, sweet-tasting gas, N2O, used as a mild anesthetic in dentistry and surgery.
nitrous oxide
n
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a colourless nonflammable slightly soluble gas with a sweet smell: used as an anaesthetic in dentistry and surgery. Formula: N2O Systematic name dinitrogen oxide Also called laughing gas
nitrous oxide
A colorless, sweet-smelling gas. It is used as a mild anesthetic, often called laughing gas. Nitrous oxide occurs naturally in the atmosphere and is a greenhouse gas. Chemical formula: N2O.
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Noun1.nitrous oxide - inhalation anesthetic used as an anesthetic in dentistry and surgerynitrous oxide - inhalation anesthetic used as an anesthetic in dentistry and surgery
laughing gas
inhalation anaesthetic, inhalation anesthetic, inhalation general anaesthetic, inhalation general anesthetic - a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled
ammonium nitrate - used as an explosive and fertilizer and rocket propellant
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Byline: The Register-Guard Roger Ebert is not the only critic who seems to have inhaled some happy gas before reviewing "Juno," so maybe all these pros falling over themselves about the film is reason enough to go see it now that it's finally opening in our area.
On screen, in `Juno' we trust by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Once we give children the happy gas they relax, and it helps reduce anxiety because they are awake throughout.
Pioneering clinic helps to ease pain of visiting dentist by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
There's no need to applaud wildly or pump happy gas into the auditorium - sit in sullen silence by all means.
WITT MATES LIKE THESE. by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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