nitric oxide

/ˌˈnaɪtrɪk ˌɑkˈsaɪd/
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Other forms: nitric oxides

Definitions of nitric oxide
  1. noun
    a poisonous red-brown gas (NO)
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    type of:
    gas
    a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
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