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BUTYL NITRITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does butyl nitrite mean?
• BUTYL NITRITE (noun)
The noun BUTYL NITRITE has 1 sense:
1. a colorless pungent liquid sometimes used as a stimulant drug by drug abusers
Familiarity information: BUTYL NITRITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A colorless pungent liquid sometimes used as a stimulant drug by drug abusers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
butyl nitrite; isobutyl nitrite
Hypernyms ("butyl nitrite" is a kind of...):
excitant; stimulant; stimulant drug (a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process)
vasodilative; vasodilator (a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels)
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