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241 relations: Acute coronary syndrome, Adiabatic process, Adipic acid, Agriculture, Air Liquide, Aircraft engine, Alpha-2 adrenergic receptor, Alpha-2B adrenergic receptor, Amateur rocketry, Ammonia, Ammonium nitrate, Ammonium sulfate, AMPA receptor, Anaesthetic machine, Analgesic, Anesthesia, Anesthetic, Antibody, Anxiety, Anxiolytic, Ataxia, Australia, Auto racing, Azide, Benzodiazepine, Bismuth(III) oxide, Blood–gas partition coefficient, Boston, Brainstem, Bristol, C. L. Blood, California, Carbon dioxide, Catalysis, Catarrh, Cenomanian-Turonian boundary event, Chemical compound, Chemical formula, Chicago Inter Ocean, Childbirth, Chlorofluorocarbon, Chloroform, Christmas and holiday season, CHRNB2, Chronic toxicity, Climate change, Clinical trial, Concentration, Cooking spray, Coordinate covalent bond, ... Expand index (191 more) »
- 5-HT3 antagonists
- Aerosol propellants
- Gaseous signaling molecules
- Inhalants
- Monopropellants
- Nitrogen oxides
- Rocket oxidizers
- Trace gases
Acute coronary syndrome
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a syndrome (a set of signs and symptoms) due to decreased blood flow in the coronary arteries such that part of the heart muscle is unable to function properly or dies.
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Adiabatic process
An adiabatic process (adiabatic) is a type of thermodynamic process that occurs without transferring heat or mass between the thermodynamic system and its environment.
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Adipic acid
Adipic acid or hexanedioic acid is the organic compound with the formula (CH2)4(COOH)2. Nitrous oxide and Adipic acid are e-number additives.
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Agriculture
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry for food and non-food products.
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Air Liquide
Air Liquide S.A. (literally "liquid air") is a French multinational company which supplies industrial gases and services to various industries including medical, chemical and electronic manufacturers. Nitrous oxide and air Liquide are industrial gases.
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Aircraft engine
An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system.
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Alpha-2 adrenergic receptor
The alpha-2 (α2) adrenergic receptor (or adrenoceptor) is a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) associated with the Gi heterotrimeric G-protein.
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Alpha-2B adrenergic receptor
The alpha-2B adrenergic receptor (α2B adrenoceptor), is a G-protein coupled receptor.
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Amateur rocketry
Amateur rocketry, sometimes known as experimental rocketry or amateur experimental rocketry, is a hobby in which participants experiment with fuels and make their own rocket motors, launching a wide variety of types and sizes of rockets.
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Ammonia
Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula. Nitrous oxide and Ammonia are gaseous signaling molecules, industrial gases and nitrogen cycle.
Ammonium nitrate
Ammonium nitrate is a chemical compound with the formula. Nitrous oxide and Ammonium nitrate are nitrogen cycle and rocket oxidizers.
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Ammonium sulfate
Ammonium sulfate (American English and international scientific usage; ammonium sulphate in British English); (NH4)2SO4, is an inorganic salt with a number of commercial uses. Nitrous oxide and ammonium sulfate are e-number additives.
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AMPA receptor
The α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor (also known as AMPA receptor, AMPAR, or quisqualate receptor) is an ionotropic transmembrane receptor for glutamate (iGluR) and predominantly Na+ ion channel that mediates fast synaptic transmission in the central nervous system (CNS).
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Anaesthetic machine
An anaesthetic machine (British English) or anesthesia machine (American English) is a medical device used to generate and mix a fresh gas flow of medical gases and inhalational anaesthetic agents for the purpose of inducing and maintaining anaesthesia.
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Analgesic
An analgesic drug, also called simply an analgesic, antalgic, pain reliever, or painkiller, is any member of the group of drugs used for pain management.
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Anesthesia
Anesthesia or anaesthesia is a state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation or awareness that is induced for medical or veterinary purposes.
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Anesthetic
An anesthetic (American English) or anaesthetic (British English; see spelling differences) is a drug used to induce anesthesia — in other words, to result in a temporary loss of sensation or awareness.
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Antibody
An antibody (Ab) is the secreted form of a B cell receptor; the term immunoglobulin (Ig) can refer to either the membrane-bound form or the secreted form of the B cell receptor, but they are, broadly speaking, the same protein, and so the terms are often treated as synonymous.
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Anxiety
Anxiety is an emotion which is characterised by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil and includes feelings of dread over anticipated events.
Anxiolytic
An anxiolytic (also antipanic or anti-anxiety agent) is a medication or other intervention that reduces anxiety.
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Ataxia
Ataxia (from Greek α- + -τάξις.
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
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Auto racing
Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition.
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Azide
In chemistry, azide is a linear, polyatomic anion with the formula and structure.
Benzodiazepine
Benzodiazepines (BZD, BDZ, BZs), colloquially called "benzos", are a class of depressant drugs whose core chemical structure is the fusion of a benzene ring and a diazepine ring.
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Bismuth(III) oxide
Bismuth(III) oxide is a compound of bismuth, and a common starting point for bismuth chemistry.
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Blood–gas partition coefficient
Blood–gas partition coefficient, also known as Ostwald coefficient for blood–gas, is a term used in pharmacology to describe the solubility of inhaled general anesthetics in blood.
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Boston
Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.
Brainstem
The brainstem (or brain stem) is the stalk-like part of the brain that connects the forebrain (the cerebrum and diencephalon) with the spinal cord.
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Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region.
C. L. Blood
Charles Lewis Blood (September 8, 1835 – September 27, 1908; alias C. H. Lewis et al.) was an American con artist and self-styled physician who operated in Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago.
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California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
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Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula. Nitrous oxide and Carbon dioxide are e-number additives, gaseous signaling molecules, greenhouse gases and industrial gases.
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Catalysis
Catalysis is the increase in rate of a chemical reaction due to an added substance known as a catalyst.
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Catarrh
Catarrh is an inflammation of mucous membranes in one of the airways or cavities of the body, usually with reference to the throat and paranasal sinuses.
Cenomanian-Turonian boundary event
The Cenomanian-Turonian boundary event, also known as the Cenomanian-Turonian extinction, Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 2), and referred to also as the Bonarelli Event or Level, was an anoxic extinction event in the Cretaceous period.
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Chemical compound
A chemical compound is a chemical substance composed of many identical molecules (or molecular entities) containing atoms from more than one chemical element held together by chemical bonds.
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Chemical formula
A chemical formula is a way of presenting information about the chemical proportions of atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound or molecule, using chemical element symbols, numbers, and sometimes also other symbols, such as parentheses, dashes, brackets, commas and plus (+) and minus (−) signs.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
The Chicago Inter Ocean, also known as the Chicago Inter-Ocean, is the name used for most of its history for a newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, from 1865 until 1914.
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Childbirth
Childbirth, also known as labour, parturition and delivery, is the completion of pregnancy where one or more babies exits the internal environment of the mother via vaginal delivery or caesarean section.
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Chlorofluorocarbon
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) are fully or partly halogenated hydrocarbons that contain carbon (C), hydrogen (H), chlorine (Cl), and fluorine (F), produced as volatile derivatives of methane, ethane, and propane. Nitrous oxide and Chlorofluorocarbon are Aerosol propellants and greenhouse gases.
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Chloroform
Chloroform, or trichloromethane (often abbreviated as TCM), is an organochloride with the formula and a common solvent. Nitrous oxide and Chloroform are GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators, general anesthetics and glycine receptor agonists.
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Christmas and holiday season
The Christmas season or the festive season; also known as the holiday season or the holidays, is an annual period generally spanning from late November to early January.
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CHRNB2
Neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit beta-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CHRNB2 gene.
Chronic toxicity
Chronic toxicity, the development of adverse effects as a result of long term exposure to a contaminant or other stressor, is an important aspect of aquatic toxicology.
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Climate change
In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.
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Clinical trial
Clinical trials are prospective biomedical or behavioral research studies on human participants designed to answer specific questions about biomedical or behavioral interventions, including new treatments (such as novel vaccines, drugs, dietary choices, dietary supplements, and medical devices) and known interventions that warrant further study and comparison.
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Concentration
In chemistry, concentration is the abundance of a constituent divided by the total volume of a mixture.
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Cooking spray
Cooking spray is a spray form of an oil as a lubricant, lecithin as an emulsifier, and a propellant such as nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide or propane.
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Coordinate covalent bond
In coordination chemistry, a coordinate covalent bond, also known as a dative bond, dipolar bond, or coordinate bond is a kind of two-center, two-electron covalent bond in which the two electrons derive from the same atom.
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Critical point (thermodynamics)
In thermodynamics, a critical point (or critical state) is the end point of a phase equilibrium curve.
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DayCent
Daycent is a daily time series biogeochemical model used in agroecosystems to simulate fluxes of carbon and nitrogen between the atmosphere, vegetation, and soil.
Debye
The debye (symbol: D) is a CGS unit (a non-SI metric unit) of electric dipole momentTwo equal and opposite charges separated by some distance constitute an electric dipole.
Deflagration
Deflagration (Lat: de + flagrare, 'to burn down') is subsonic combustion in which a pre-mixed flame propagates through an explosive or a mixture of fuel and oxidizer.
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Denitrification
Denitrification is a microbially facilitated process where nitrate (NO3−) is reduced and ultimately produces molecular nitrogen (N2) through a series of intermediate gaseous nitrogen oxide products. Nitrous oxide and Denitrification are nitrogen cycle.
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Denitrifying bacteria
Denitrifying bacteria are a diverse group of bacteria that encompass many different phyla. Nitrous oxide and Denitrifying bacteria are nitrogen cycle.
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Dental extraction
A dental extraction (also referred to as tooth extraction, exodontia, exodontics, or informally, tooth pulling) is the removal of teeth from the dental alveolus (socket) in the alveolar bone.
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Dentistry
Dentistry, also known as dental medicine and oral medicine, is the branch of medicine focused on the teeth, gums, and mouth.
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Desflurane
Desflurane (1,2,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl difluoromethyl ether) is a highly fluorinated methyl ethyl ether used for maintenance of general anesthesia. Nitrous oxide and Desflurane are GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators, general anesthetics, glycine receptor agonists and Nicotinic antagonists.
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Detonation
Detonation is a type of combustion involving a supersonic exothermic front accelerating through a medium that eventually drives a shock front propagating directly in front of it.
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Diethyl ether
Diethyl ether, or simply ether, is an organic compound with the chemical formula, sometimes abbreviated as. Nitrous oxide and Diethyl ether are Dissociative drugs, Euphoriants, GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators, general anesthetics, glycine receptor agonists and NMDA receptor antagonists.
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Dinitrogen pentoxide
Dinitrogen pentoxide (also known as nitrogen pentoxide or nitric anhydride) is the chemical compound with the formula. Nitrous oxide and Dinitrogen pentoxide are nitrogen oxides.
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Dinitrogen tetroxide
Dinitrogen tetroxide, commonly referred to as nitrogen tetroxide (NTO), and occasionally (usually among ex-USSR/Russian rocket engineers) as amyl, is the chemical compound N2O4. Nitrous oxide and Dinitrogen tetroxide are nitrogen oxides and rocket oxidizers.
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Dinitrogen trioxide
Dinitrogen trioxide (also known as nitrous anhydride) is the inorganic compound with the formula. Nitrous oxide and Dinitrogen trioxide are nitrogen oxides.
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Dissociative
Dissociatives, colloquially dissos, are a subclass of hallucinogens that distort perception of sight and sound and produce feelings of detachment – dissociation – from the environment and/or self. Nitrous oxide and Dissociative are Dissociative drugs.
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Drug Enforcement Administration
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Justice tasked with combating illicit drug trafficking and distribution within the U.S. It is the lead agency for domestic enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act, sharing concurrent jurisdiction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S.
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E number
E numbers, short for Europe numbers, are codes for substances used as food additives, including those found naturally in many foods, such as vitamin C, for use within the European Union (EU) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA).
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Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, author, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre.
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Emergency department
An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of patients who present without prior appointment; either by their own means or by that of an ambulance.
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Emulsion
An emulsion is a mixture of two or more liquids that are normally immiscible (unmixable or unblendable) owing to liquid-liquid phase separation.
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Encephalopathy
Encephalopathy (from ἐνκέφαλος "brain" + πάθος "suffering") means any disorder or disease of the brain, especially chronic degenerative conditions.
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Engine power
Engine power is the power that an engine can put out.
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Enthalpy of vaporization
In thermodynamics, the enthalpy of vaporization (symbol), also known as the (latent) heat of vaporization or heat of evaporation, is the amount of energy (enthalpy) that must be added to a liquid substance to transform a quantity of that substance into a gas.
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Ethanol
Ethanol (also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, drinking alcohol, or simply alcohol) is an organic compound with the chemical formula.
Euphoria
Euphoria is the experience (or affect) of pleasure or excitement and intense feelings of well-being and happiness. Nitrous oxide and Euphoria are Euphoriants.
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Excitotoxicity
In excitotoxicity, nerve cells suffer damage or death when the levels of otherwise necessary and safe neurotransmitters such as glutamate become pathologically high, resulting in excessive stimulation of receptors.
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Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air
Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air (1774–86) is a six-volume work published by 18th-century British polymath Joseph Priestley which reports a series of his experiments on "airs" or gases, most notably his discovery of the oxygen gas (which he called "dephlogisticated air").
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Factitious airs
Factitious airs was a term used for synthetic gases which emerged around 1670 when Robert Boyle coined the term upon isolating what is now understood to be hydrogen.
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Fertilizer
A fertilizer (American English) or fertiliser (British English) is any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soil or to plant tissues to supply plant nutrients.
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Fink effect
The Fink effect, also known as "diffusion anoxia", "diffusion hypoxia", or the "second gas effect", is a factor that influences the pO2 (partial pressure of oxygen) within the pulmonary alveoli.
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Florida
Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Food additive
Food additives are substances added to food to preserve flavor or enhance taste, appearance, or other sensory qualities.
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Food and Drug Administration
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Fungus
A fungus (fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.
GABAA receptor
The GABAA receptor (GABAAR) is an ionotropic receptor and ligand-gated ion channel.
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GABAA-rho receptor
The GABAA-rho receptor (previously known as the GABAC receptor) is a subclass of GABAA receptors composed entirely of rho (ρ) subunits.
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Gardner Quincy Colton
Gardner Quincy Colton (February 7, 1814, Georgia, Vermont – August 10, 1898, Geneva, Switzerland) was an American showman, medicine man, lecturer, and former medical student who pioneered the use of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, in dentistry.
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Gas
Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter.
General anaesthetic
General anaesthetics (or anesthetics) are often defined as compounds that induce a loss of consciousness in humans or loss of righting reflex in animals.
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George Poe
George Poe, Jr. (May 8, 1846 – February 3, 1914) was a pioneer of mechanical ventilation of asphyxiation victims.
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Global warming potential
Global warming potential (GWP) is an index to measure how much infrared thermal radiation a greenhouse gas would absorb over a given time frame after it has been added to the atmosphere (or emitted to the atmosphere).
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Glycine receptor
The glycine receptor (abbreviated as GlyR or GLR) is the receptor of the amino acid neurotransmitter glycine.
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GM-1
GM-1 (Göring Mischung 1) was a system for injecting nitrous oxide (laughing gas) into aircraft engines that was used by the Luftwaffe in World War II.
Greenhouse effect
The greenhouse effect occurs when greenhouse gases in a planet's atmosphere insulate the planet from losing heat to space, raising its surface temperature.
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Greenhouse gas
Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are the gases in the atmosphere that raise the surface temperature of planets such as the Earth. Nitrous oxide and Greenhouse gas are greenhouse gases.
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Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture
The amount of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture is significant: The agriculture, forestry and land use sectors contribute between 13% and 21% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
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Greenhouse gas emissions from wetlands
Greenhouse gas emissions from wetlands of concern consist primarily of methane and nitrous oxide emissions.
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Half-life
Half-life (symbol) is the time required for a quantity (of substance) to reduce to half of its initial value.
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Hallucination
A hallucination is a perception in the absence of an external stimulus that has the compelling sense of reality.
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Hallucinogen
Hallucinogens are a large and diverse class of psychoactive drugs that can produce altered states of consciousness characterized by major alterations in thought, mood, and perception as well as other changes.
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Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut.
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High-power rocketry
High-power rocketry is a hobby similar to model rocketry.
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Horace Wells
Horace Wells (January 21, 1815 – January 24, 1848) was an American dentist who pioneered the use of anesthesia in medicine, specifically the use of nitrous oxide (or laughing gas).
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Hotwells
Hotwells is a district of the English port city of Bristol.
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Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet, (17 December 177829 May 1829) was a British chemist and inventor who invented the Davy lamp and a very early form of arc lamp.
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Hybrid-propellant rocket
A hybrid-propellant rocket is a rocket with a rocket motor that uses rocket propellants in two different phases: one solid and the other either gas or liquid.
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Hydrazine
Hydrazine is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula. Nitrous oxide and Hydrazine are monopropellants.
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Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene
Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) is an oligomer of butadiene terminated at each end with a hydroxyl functional group.
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Hydroxylammonium chloride
Hydroxylammonium chloride is a chemical compound with the formula.
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Hyponitrous acid
Hyponitrous acid is a chemical compound with formula or HON.
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Hypoxia (medicine)
Hypoxia is a condition in which the body or a region of the body is deprived of adequate oxygen supply at the tissue level.
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Inhalation
Inhalation (or inspiration) happens when air or other gases enter the lungs.
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Injury
Injury is physiological damage to the living tissue of any organism, whether in humans, in other animals, or in plants.
Inlet manifold
An inlet manifold or intake manifold (in American English) is the part of an internal combustion engine that supplies the fuel/air mixture to the cylinders.
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Interceptor aircraft
An interceptor aircraft, or simply interceptor, is a type of fighter aircraft designed specifically for the defensive interception role against an attacking enemy aircraft, particularly bombers and reconnaissance aircraft.
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IUPAC nomenclature of inorganic chemistry 2005
Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry, IUPAC Recommendations 2005 is the 2005 version of Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry (which is informally called the Red Book).
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Β-Endorphin
β-Endorphin (beta-endorphin) is an endogenous opioid neuropeptide and peptide hormone that is produced in certain neurons within the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. Nitrous oxide and Β-Endorphin are Euphoriants.
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James Watt
James Watt (30 January 1736 (19 January 1736 OS) – 25 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world.
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John Mankey Riggs
John Mankey Riggs (October 25, 1811 – November 11, 1885) was the leading authority on periodontal disease and its treatment in the United States, to the point that periodontal disease was known as "Riggs' disease."Shklar, G; Carranza, FA: The Historical Background of Periodontology.
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Joseph Priestley
Joseph Priestley (24 March 1733 – 6 February 1804) was an English chemist, Unitarian, natural philosopher, separatist theologian, grammarian, multi-subject educator, liberal political theorist. Nitrous oxide and Joseph Priestley are industrial gases.
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Joseph Thomas Clover
Joseph Thomas Clover (born 28 February 1825; baptised 7 May 1825 – 27 September 1882) was an English doctor and innovator of anaesthesia.
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Kainate receptor
Kainate receptors, or kainic acid receptors (KARs), are ionotropic receptors that respond to the neurotransmitter glutamate.
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Lambeth London Borough Council
Lambeth London Borough Council, which styles itself Lambeth Council, is the local authority for the London Borough of Lambeth in Greater London, England.
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Lecithin
Lecithin (from the Ancient Greek λέκιθος "yolk") is a generic term to designate any group of yellow-brownish fatty substances occurring in animal and plant tissues which are amphiphilic – they attract both water and fatty substances (and so are both hydrophilic and lipophilic), and are used for smoothing food textures, emulsifying, homogenizing liquid mixtures, and repelling sticking materials. Nitrous oxide and Lecithin are e-number additives.
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Ligand-gated ion channel
Ligand-gated ion channels (LICs, LGIC), also commonly referred to as ionotropic receptors, are a group of transmembrane ion-channel proteins which open to allow ions such as Na+, K+, Ca2+, and/or Cl− to pass through the membrane in response to the binding of a chemical messenger (i.e. a ligand), such as a neurotransmitter.
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Liquid-propellant rocket
A liquid-propellant rocket or liquid rocket utilizes a rocket engine burning liquid propellants.
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Local anesthetic
A local anesthetic (LA) is a medication that causes absence of all sensation (including pain) in a specific body part without loss of consciousness, providing local anesthesia, as opposed to a general anesthetic, which eliminates all sensation in the entire body and causes unconsciousness.
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London Borough of Lambeth
Lambeth is a London borough in South London, England, which forms part of Inner London.
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Luftwaffe
The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II.
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Manganese dioxide
Manganese dioxide is the inorganic compound with the formula.
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Matt Shea (filmmaker)
Matt Shea is a British documentary filmmaker, journalist and presenter.
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Mechanism of action
In pharmacology, the term mechanism of action (MOA) refers to the specific biochemical interaction through which a drug substance produces its pharmacological effect.
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Methane
Methane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula (one carbon atom bonded to four hydrogen atoms). Nitrous oxide and Methane are gaseous signaling molecules, greenhouse gases and industrial gases.
Methanol
Methanol (also called methyl alcohol and wood spirit, amongst other names) is an organic chemical compound and the simplest aliphatic alcohol, with the chemical formula (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often abbreviated as MeOH). Nitrous oxide and Methanol are GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators and Neurotoxins.
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Microorganism
A microorganism, or microbe, is an organism of microscopic size, which may exist in its single-celled form or as a colony of cells. The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from ancient times, such as in Jain scriptures from sixth century BC India. The scientific study of microorganisms began with their observation under the microscope in the 1670s by Anton van Leeuwenhoek.
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Minimum alveolar concentration
Minimum alveolar concentration or MAC is the concentration, often expressed as a percentage by volume, of a vapour in the alveoli of the lungs that is needed to prevent movement (motor response) in 50% of subjects in response to surgical (pain) stimulus.
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Ministry of Health (New Zealand)
The Ministry of Health (Māori: Manatū Hauora) is the public service department of New Zealand responsible for healthcare in New Zealand.
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Monopropellant rocket
A monopropellant rocket (or "monochemical rocket") is a rocket that uses a single chemical as its propellant.
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MW 50
MW 50 (Methanol-Wasser 50) was a 50-50 mixture of methanol and water (German: Wasser) that was often sprayed into the supercharger of World War II aircraft engines primarily for its anti-detonation effect, allowing the use of increased boost pressures.
Mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis
The disease mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis, also known as scrofula and historically as king's evil, involves a lymphadenitis of the cervical (neck) lymph nodes associated with tuberculosis as well as nontuberculous (atypical) mycobacteria.
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Myelopathy
Myelopathy describes any neurologic deficit related to the spinal cord.
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness.
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Natural philosophy
Natural philosophy or philosophy of nature (from Latin philosophia naturalis) is the philosophical study of physics, that is, nature and the physical universe.
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Neurotoxicity
Neurotoxicity is a form of toxicity in which a biological, chemical, or physical agent produces an adverse effect on the structure or function of the central and/or peripheral nervous system.
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New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, or nAChRs, are receptor polypeptides that respond to the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.
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Nitrate
Nitrate is a polyatomic ion with the chemical formula. Nitrous oxide and Nitrate are nitrogen cycle.
Nitric acid
Nitric acid is the inorganic compound with the formula.
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Nitric oxide
Nitric oxide (nitrogen oxide or nitrogen monoxide) is a colorless gas with the formula. Nitrous oxide and Nitric oxide are GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators, gaseous signaling molecules, NMDA receptor antagonists, nitrogen cycle and nitrogen oxides.
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Nitrification
Nitrification is the biological oxidation of ammonia to nitrate via the intermediary nitrite. Nitrous oxide and Nitrification are nitrogen cycle.
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Nitrite
The nitrite ion has the chemical formula. Nitrous oxide and nitrite are nitrogen cycle.
Nitrogen
Nitrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol N and atomic number 7. Nitrous oxide and Nitrogen are e-number additives, GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators and industrial gases.
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Nitrogen cycle
The nitrogen cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which nitrogen is converted into multiple chemical forms as it circulates among atmospheric, terrestrial, and marine ecosystems.
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Nitrogen dioxide
Nitrogen dioxide is a chemical compound with the formula. Nitrous oxide and Nitrogen dioxide are nitrogen oxides.
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Nitrogen oxide
Nitrogen oxide may refer to a binary compound of oxygen and nitrogen, or a mixture of such compounds. Nitrous oxide and nitrogen oxide are industrial gases and nitrogen oxides.
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Nitrolic acid
Nitrolic acids are organic compounds with the functional group RC(NO2).
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Nitrous oxide (medication)
Nitrous oxide is an inhaled gas used as a pain medication and together with other medications for anesthesia. Nitrous oxide and Nitrous oxide (medication) are general anesthetics and world Health Organization essential medicines.
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Nitrous oxide engine
A nitrous oxide engine, or nitrous oxide system (NOS) is an internal combustion engine in which oxygen for burning the fuel comes from the decomposition of nitrous oxide, N2O, as well as air.
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Nitrous oxide fuel blend
Nitrous oxide fuel blend propellants are a class of liquid rocket propellants that were intended in the early 2010s to be able to replace hydrazine as the standard storable rocket propellent in some applications. Nitrous oxide and Nitrous oxide fuel blend are monopropellants.
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Nitrous-oxide reductase
In enzymology, a nitrous oxide reductase also known as nitrogen:acceptor oxidoreductase (N2O-forming) is an enzyme that catalyzes the final step in bacterial denitrification, the reduction of nitrous oxide to dinitrogen.
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NMDA receptor
The N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (also known as the NMDA receptor or NMDAR), is a glutamate receptor and predominantly Ca2+ ion channel found in neurons. Nitrous oxide and NMDA receptor are NMDA receptor antagonists.
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NMDA receptor antagonist
NMDA receptor antagonists are a class of drugs that work to antagonize, or inhibit the action of, the ''N''-Methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR). Nitrous oxide and NMDA receptor antagonist are general anesthetics and NMDA receptor antagonists.
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Norepinephrine
Norepinephrine (NE), also called noradrenaline (NA) or noradrenalin, is an organic chemical in the catecholamine family that functions in the brain and body as a hormone, neurotransmitter and neuromodulator.
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NOx
In atmospheric chemistry, is shorthand for nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide, the nitrogen oxides that are most relevant for air pollution. Nitrous oxide and NOx are nitrogen oxides.
Nylon
Nylon is a family of synthetic polymers with amide backbones, usually linking aliphatic or semi-aromatic groups.
Occupational hazard
An occupational hazard is a hazard experienced in the workplace.
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Olney's lesions
Olney's lesions, also known as NMDA receptor antagonist neurotoxicity (NAT), is a form of brain damage consisting of selective death of neurons but not glia, observed in restricted brain regions of rats and certain other animal models exposed to large quantities of psychoactive drugs that inhibit the normal operation of the neuronal NMDA receptor.
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Operating temperature
An operating temperature is the allowable temperature range of the local ambient environment at which an electrical or mechanical device operates.
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Organic matter
Organic matter, organic material, or natural organic matter refers to the large source of carbon-based compounds found within natural and engineered, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.
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Ostwald process
The Ostwald process is a chemical process used for making nitric acid (HNO3).
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Oxide
An oxide is a chemical compound containing at least one oxygen atom and one other element in its chemical formula.
Oxidizing agent
An oxidizing agent (also known as an oxidant, oxidizer, electron recipient, or electron acceptor) is a substance in a redox chemical reaction that gains or "accepts"/"receives" an electron from a (called the,, or). In other words, an oxidizer is any substance that oxidizes another substance.
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Ozone depletion
Ozone depletion consists of two related events observed since the late 1970s: a steady lowering of about four percent in the total amount of ozone in Earth's atmosphere, and a much larger springtime decrease in stratospheric ozone (the ozone layer) around Earth's polar regions.
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Ozone depletion potential
The ozone depletion potential (ODP) of a chemical compound is the relative amount of degradation to the ozone layer it can cause, with trichlorofluoromethane (R-11 or CFC-11) being fixed at an ODP of 1.0.
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Ozone layer
The ozone layer or ozone shield is a region of Earth's stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation.
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PA Media
PA Media (formerly the Press Association) is a multimedia news agency.
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Paresthesia
Paresthesia is an abnormal sensation of the skin (tingling, pricking, chilling, burning, numbness) with no apparent physical cause.
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Parts-per notation
In science and engineering, the parts-per notation is a set of pseudo-units to describe small values of miscellaneous dimensionless quantities, e.g. mole fraction or mass fraction.
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Patent medicine
A patent medicine (sometimes called a proprietary medicine) is a non-prescription medicine or medicinal preparation that is typically protected and advertised by a trademark and trade name, and claimed to be effective against minor disorders and symptoms, as opposed to a prescription drug that could be obtained only through a pharmacist, usually with a doctor's prescription, and whose composition was openly disclosed.
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Peripheral neuropathy
Peripheral neuropathy, often shortened to neuropathy, refers to damage or disease affecting the nerves.
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Permafrost
Permafrost is soil or underwater sediment which continuously remains below for two years or more: the oldest permafrost had been continuously frozen for around 700,000 years.
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Petrol engine
A petrol engine (gasoline engine in American and Canadian English) is an internal combustion engine designed to run on petrol (gasoline).
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Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacodynamics (PD) is the study of the biochemical and physiologic effects of drugs (especially pharmaceutical drugs).
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Phlogiston theory
The phlogiston theory, a superseded scientific theory, postulated the existence of a fire-like element dubbed phlogiston contained within combustible bodies and released during combustion.
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Phosphate
In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid.
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Pneumatic Institution
The Pneumatic Institution (also referred to as Pneumatic Institute) was a medical research facility in Bristol, England, in 1799–1802.
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Politics of climate change
The politics of climate change results from different perspectives on how to respond to climate change.
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Pre-ignition
Pre-ignition (or preignition) in a spark-ignition engine is a technically different phenomenon from engine knocking, and describes the event wherein the air/fuel mixture in the cylinder ignites before the spark plug fires.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (often abbreviated PNAS or PNAS USA) is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary scientific journal.
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Propane
Propane is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula. Nitrous oxide and Propane are Aerosol propellants, e-number additives, GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators and industrial gases.
Propellant
A propellant (or propellent) is a mass that is expelled or expanded in such a way as to create a thrust or another motive force in accordance with Newton's third law of motion, and "propel" a vehicle, projectile, or fluid payload. Nitrous oxide and propellant are industrial gases.
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Psychomotor learning
Psychomotor learning is the relationship between cognitive functions and physical movement.
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Quackery
Quackery, often synonymous with health fraud, is the promotion of fraudulent or ignorant medical practices.
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Racing
In sports, racing is a competition of speed, in which competitors try to complete a given task in the shortest amount of time.
Rancidification
Rancidification is the process of complete or incomplete autoxidation or hydrolysis of fats and oils when exposed to air, light, moisture, or bacterial action, producing short-chain aldehydes, ketones and free fatty acids.
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Receptor antagonist
A receptor antagonist is a type of receptor ligand or drug that blocks or dampens a biological response by binding to and blocking a receptor rather than activating it like an agonist.
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Recommended exposure limit
A recommended exposure limit (REL) is an occupational exposure limit that has been recommended by the United States National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
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Reconnaissance aircraft
A reconnaissance aircraft (colloquially, a spy plane) is a military aircraft designed or adapted to perform aerial reconnaissance with roles including collection of imagery intelligence (including using photography), signals intelligence, as well as measurement and signature intelligence.
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Recreational drug use
Recreational drug use is the use of one or more psychoactive drugs to induce an altered state of consciousness, either for pleasure or for some other casual purpose or pastime.
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Recreational use of nitrous oxide
Nitrous oxide (street name nangs, hippy crack, whippets, whippits or cannies) is a gas which can induce euphoria, hallucinogenic states and relaxation when inhaled. Nitrous oxide and Recreational use of nitrous oxide are Inhalants.
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Relative analgesia machine
A relative analgesia machine is used by dentists to induce inhalation sedation in their patients.
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Respiratory system
The respiratory system (also respiratory apparatus, ventilatory system) is a biological system consisting of specific organs and structures used for gas exchange in animals and plants.
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Robert H. Goddard
Robert Hutchings Goddard (October 5, 1882 – August 10, 1945) was an American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, which was successfully launched on March 16, 1926.
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Rocket
A rocket (from bobbin/spool) is a vehicle that uses jet propulsion to accelerate without using any surrounding air.
Rocket propellant
Rocket propellant is the reaction mass of a rocket.
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Scavenger system
A scavenger system is a medical device used in hospitals.
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Schnellbomber
A Schnellbomber (German; literally "fast bomber") is a bomber that relies upon speed to avoid enemy fighters, rather than relying on defensive armament and armor.
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Sevoflurane
Sevoflurane, sold under the brand name Sevorane, among others, is a sweet-smelling, nonflammable, highly fluorinated methyl isopropyl ether used as an inhalational anaesthetic for induction and maintenance of general anesthesia. Nitrous oxide and Sevoflurane are 5-HT3 antagonists, GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators, general anesthetics, glycine receptor agonists, greenhouse gases, NMDA receptor antagonists, Nicotinic antagonists and world Health Organization essential medicines.
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Sewage
Sewage (or domestic sewage, domestic wastewater, municipal wastewater) is a type of wastewater that is produced by a community of people.
Sodium nitrate
Sodium nitrate is the chemical compound with the formula.
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Sodium nitrite
Sodium nitrite is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula. Nitrous oxide and Sodium nitrite are e-number additives and world Health Organization essential medicines.
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SpaceShipOne
SpaceShipOne is an experimental air-launched rocket-powered aircraft with sub-orbital spaceflight capability at speeds of up to / using a hybrid rocket motor.
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Specific impulse
Specific impulse (usually abbreviated) is a measure of how efficiently a reaction mass engine, such as a rocket using propellant or a jet engine using fuel, generates thrust.
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Spinal cord
The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular structure made up of nervous tissue that extends from the medulla oblongata in the brainstem to the lumbar region of the vertebral column (backbone) of vertebrate animals.
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Splint (laboratory equipment)
A splint (or spill or splinter) is a simple piece of equipment used in scientific laboratories.
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Sulfur dioxide
Sulfur dioxide (IUPAC-recommended spelling) or sulphur dioxide (traditional Commonwealth English) is the chemical compound with the formula. Nitrous oxide and Sulfur dioxide are e-number additives, gaseous signaling molecules, industrial gases and Trace gases.
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Sulfuric acid
Sulfuric acid (American spelling and the preferred IUPAC name) or sulphuric acid (Commonwealth spelling), known in antiquity as oil of vitriol, is a mineral acid composed of the elements sulfur, oxygen, and hydrogen, with the molecular formula. Nitrous oxide and Sulfuric acid are e-number additives.
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Surgery
Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions (i.e., malabsorption created by bariatric surgery such as gastric bypass), to reconstruct or improve aesthetics and appearance (cosmetic surgery), or to remove unwanted tissues (body fat, glands, scars or skin tags) or foreign bodies.
Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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Thomas Beddoes
Thomas Beddoes (13 April 176024 December 1808) was an English physician and scientific writer.
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Tonne
The tonne (or; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.
Trichlorofluoromethane
Trichlorofluoromethane, also called freon-11, CFC-11, or R-11, is a chlorofluorocarbon (CFC). Nitrous oxide and Trichlorofluoromethane are greenhouse gases.
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Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria.
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Two-pore-domain potassium channel
The two-pore-domain or tandem pore domain potassium channels are a family of 15 members that form what is known as leak channels which possess Goldman-Hodgkin-Katz (open) rectification.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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Ventilation (architecture)
Ventilation is the intentional introduction of outdoor air into a space.
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Ventilator
A ventilator is a type of breathing apparatus, a class of medical technology that provides mechanical ventilation by moving breathable air into and out of the lungs, to deliver breaths to a patient who is physically unable to breathe, or breathing insufficiently.
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Vice Media
Vice Media Group LLC is a Canadian-American digital media and broadcasting company.
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Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin, is a water-soluble vitamin involved in metabolism.
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Vitamin B12 deficiency
Vitamin B12 deficiency, also known as cobalamin deficiency, is the medical condition in which the blood and tissue have a lower than normal level of vitamin B12.
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Water hammer
Hydraulic shock (colloquial: water hammer; fluid hammer) is a pressure surge or wave caused when a fluid in motion is forced to stop or change direction suddenly; a momentum change.
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Water injection (engine)
In internal combustion engines, water injection, also known as anti-detonant injection (ADI), can spray water into the incoming air or fuel-air mixture, or directly into the combustion chamber to cool certain parts of the induction system where "hot points" could produce premature ignition.
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Wetland
A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally for a shorter periods.
Whipped cream
Whipped cream is a preparation of heavy, double, or other high-fat dairy cream that has been aerated by whisking or mixing until it becomes light, fluffy, and capable of holding its shape.
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Whipped-cream charger
A whipped cream charger is a steel cylinder or cartridge filled with nitrous oxide (N2O) that is used as a whipping agent in a whipped cream dispenser.
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WHO Model List of Essential Medicines
The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (aka Essential Medicines List or EML), published by the World Health Organization (WHO), contains the medications considered to be most effective and safe to meet the most important needs in a health system. Nitrous oxide and WHO Model List of Essential Medicines are world Health Organization essential medicines.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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5-HT3 receptor
The 5-HT3 receptor belongs to the Cys-loop superfamily of ligand-gated ion channels (LGICs) and therefore differs structurally and functionally from all other 5-HT receptors (5-hydroxytryptamine, or serotonin receptors) which are G protein-coupled receptors.
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See also
5-HT3 antagonists
- 5-HT3 antagonist
- AS-8112
- Alosetron
- Anpirtoline
- Azasetron
- Batanopride
- Bemesetron
- Bupropion
- Cilansetron
- Dazopride
- Dolasetron
- Fluoxetine
- Gingerol
- Granisetron
- Hydroxybupropion
- Lerisetron
- Litoxetine
- Lurosetron
- Memantine
- Metoclopramide
- Nitrous oxide
- Ondansetron
- Palonosetron
- Ramosetron
- Renzapride
- Ricasetron
- Sevoflurane
- Thujone
- Tropanserin
- Tropisetron
- Vortioxetine
- Xenon
- Zacopride
- Zatosetron
Aerosol propellants
- 1,1,1,2,3,3,3-Heptafluoropropane
- Chlorofluorocarbon
- Dichloromethane
- Dimethyl ether
- Halomethane
- Inhalant
- Nitrous oxide
- Octafluorocyclobutane
- Propane
Gaseous signaling molecules
- Ammonia
- Biological functions of hydrogen sulfide
- Biological functions of nitric oxide
- Carbon dioxide
- Carbon monoxide
- Carbon suboxide
- CooA
- Ethylene (plant hormone)
- Ethylene oxide
- Ethylene signaling pathway
- Gaseous signaling molecules
- Gasotransmitter
- Hydrogen
- Hydrogen cyanide
- Hydrogen sulfide
- Methane
- Nitric oxide
- Nitrous oxide
- Sulfur dioxide
Inhalants
- Alcohol inhalation
- Aurolac
- Bitterant
- Chloroethane
- Club drug
- Denatonium
- Gasoline
- Inhalant
- Inhaled ciclosporin
- Jenkem
- List of medical inhalants
- Nitrous oxide
- Opal (fuel)
- Pentyl nitrite
- Poppers
- Recreational use of nitrous oxide
- Toluene
Monopropellants
- ALICE (propellant)
- Cavea-B
- Diethylene glycol dinitrate
- Green Propellant Infusion Mission
- High-test peroxide
- Hydrazine
- Hydroxylammonium nitrate
- Isopropyl nitrate
- Monopropellant
- Nitrous oxide
- Nitrous oxide fuel blend
- Propylene glycol dinitrate
- Triethylene glycol dinitrate
- Trimethylolethane trinitrate
Nitrogen oxides
- Dinitrogen dioxide
- Dinitrogen pentoxide
- Dinitrogen tetroxide
- Dinitrogen trioxide
- Mixed oxides of nitrogen
- NOx
- Nitrate radical
- Nitric oxide
- Nitrogen dioxide
- Nitrogen dioxide poisoning
- Nitrogen oxide
- Nitrosyl azide
- Nitrous oxide
- Nitryl azide
- Trinitramide
Rocket oxidizers
- Ammonium dinitramide
- Ammonium nitrate
- Ammonium perchlorate
- Chlorine pentafluoride
- Chlorine trifluoride
- Dinitrogen tetroxide
- Hydrogen peroxide
- Liquid oxygen
- Mélange (rocket fuel component)
- Mixed oxides of nitrogen
- Nitronium perchlorate
- Nitrous oxide
- Oxygen difluoride
- Perchloryl fluoride
- Red fuming nitric acid
- T-Stoff
- Tetrafluorohydrazine
- Tetranitromethane
- Trinitramide
Trace gases
- Dimethyl sulfide
- Nitrous oxide
- Sulfur dioxide
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