NITRIC OXIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nitric oxide mean? 

• NITRIC OXIDE (noun)
  The noun NITRIC OXIDE has 1 sense:

1. a poisonous red-brown gas (NO)

  Familiarity information: NITRIC OXIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NITRIC OXIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A poisonous red-brown gas (NO)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("nitric oxide" is a kind of...):

gas (a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely)

 Context examples 

A measurement of the nitric oxide in a biological specimen.

(Nitric Oxide Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Bardoxolone blocks the synthesis of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and inducible cyclooxygenase (COX-2), two enzymes involved in inflammation and carcinogenesis.

(Bardoxolone, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, nebivolol potentiates nitric oxide (NO), thereby relaxing vascular smooth muscle and exerting a vasodilatory effect.

(Nebivolol, NCI Thesaurus)

RASD1 may form a ternary complex with CAPON and NOS1 and may function as a physiologic nitric oxide (NO) effector.

(Activator of G-Protein Signaling 1, NCI Thesaurus)

According to the authors, managing nitric oxide could help existing drugs of all types work with fewer side effects.

(Heart Disease Severity May Depend on Nitric Oxide Levels, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The determination of the amount of nitric oxide present in a sample.

(Nitric Oxide Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-transcriptional cardioprotective effect of glucocorticoids is activation of NO production by endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS).

(Corticosteroid Cardioprotection Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

An amino acid derivative and nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor with potential antineoplastic and antiangiogenic activities.

(NG-nitro-L-arginine, NCI Thesaurus)

It is a type of nitric oxide synthase inhibitor and an antiangiogenesis agent.

(NG-nitro-L-arginine, NCI Dictionary)

A nerve cell that uses nitric oxide as its neurotransmitter.

(Nitrergic Neuron, NCI Thesaurus)