Nitric oxide

Definition of Nitric oxide

a colorless poisous gas (NO) obtained by treating nitric acid with copper. On contact with the air or with oxygen, it becomes reddish brown from the formation of nitrogen dioxide (NO2, also called nitric dioxide or nitric peroxide).

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