nitric oxide

English

Noun

nitric oxide (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) the binary compound of nitrogen and oxygen NO; an unstable compound which rapidly oxidizes in the presence of air.
   • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), pages 156–157:

     In fact, nitric oxide (not to be confused with nitrous oxide, or laughing gas) is one of our primary signalling molecules.

Translations

binary compound of nitrogen and oxygen

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一氧化氮 (zh) (yīyǎnghuàdàn)

• Finnish: typpioksidi (fi)
• French: monoxyde d’azote (fr) m
• German: Stickoxid (de) n
• Italian: ossido di azoto
• Japanese: 一酸化窒素 (ja) (issanka-chisso)
• Portuguese: óxido nítrico m
• Romanian: oxid de azot m
• Spanish: óxido nítrico m
• Swedish: kväveoxid (sv) c