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LAUGHING GAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does laughing gas mean? 

LAUGHING GAS (noun)
  The noun LAUGHING GAS has 1 sense:

1. inhalation anesthetic used as an anesthetic in dentistry and surgeryplay

  Familiarity information: LAUGHING GAS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LAUGHING GAS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Inhalation anesthetic used as an anesthetic in dentistry and surgery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

laughing gas; nitrous oxide

Hypernyms ("laughing gas" is a kind of...):

inhalation anaesthetic; inhalation anesthetic; inhalation general anaesthetic; inhalation general anesthetic (a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled)

Meronyms (substance of "laughing gas"):

ammonium nitrate (used as an explosive and fertilizer and rocket propellant)


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