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Meanings of laughing gas in English

Portuguese
óxido nitroso
Catalan
òxid nitrós

Inhalation anesthetic used as an anesthetic in dentistry and surgery.

        óxido nitroso
        Usage of laughing gas in English
        1
        The Home Office recently urged festivals to crack down on laughing gas.
        BBC
        2
        The oxide of nitrogen so formed is called nitrous oxide or laughing gas.
        An Elementary Study of Chemistry
        3
        Most of us probably thought that nitrogen oxide was laughing gas.
        The Irish Times
        4
        At certain moments, watching it felt like inhaling laughing gas mixed with helium.
        The Guardian
        5
        Or I shouldn't wonder if it was something like nitrous-oxide-youknow, laughing gas.
        A Honeymoon in Space
        6
        Now, intuition and conjecture... that's like filling the bouncy castle with laughing gas.
        Heat Rises
        7
        After food I went up to the Stone Circle and had some laughing gas.
        The Guardian
        8
        Can't trust myself when they turn on that laughing gas.
        Touching darkness
        9
        The solid plastic-type propellant is ignited by nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas.
        Reuters
        10
        See, nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, is the big thing.
        The Big U
        11
        It is thought the 18-year-old had taken nitrous oxide, more commonly known as laughing gas.
        BBC
        12
        It's called " laughing gas" for the euphoric state it imparts when it's inhaled.
        Jamaica Observer
        13
        The aroma was like laughing gas in the dentist's chair-itmade everything else go away.
        The Lightning Thief
        14
        At the beginning of the century Sir Humphrey discovered laughing gas, as it was then called.
        The Pleasures of Life
        15
        Mark Sanders reports from East London, where many street vendors have had their laughing gas seized.
        BBC
        16
        Also known as laughing gas, the substance is a vital element of many medical procedures and operations.
        BBC
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        Translations for laughing gas
        Portuguese
        óxido nitroso
        Laughing gas through the time
        Laughing gas across language varieties
        United States of America
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Common