Definitions for nitric oxide
ni·tric ox·ide

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1. nitric oxidenoun

   a poisonous red-brown gas (NO)

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1. nitric oxidenoun

   the binary compound of nitrogen and oxygen NO; an unstable compound which rapidly oxidizes in the presence of air

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1. nitric oxide

   Nitric oxide is a colorless gas with the formula NO. It is an important signaling molecule in the body of mammals, including humans, and is also an air pollutant produced by cigarette smoke, automobile engines and power plants. Nitric Oxide is essential to many physiological processes in the body, such as blood flow regulation, immune system behavior, and nervous system functions. It's a free radical, since it has an unpaired electron, which makes it reactive with other molecules. It is often produced through a biological process involving enzymes known as nitric oxide synthases.

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1. Nitric oxide

   Nitric oxide, or nitrogen oxide, also known as nitrogen monoxide, is a molecule with chemical formula NO. It is a free radical and is an important intermediate in the chemical industry. Nitric oxide is a by-product of combustion of substances in the air, as in automobile engines, fossil fuel power plants, and is produced naturally during the electrical discharges of lightning in thunderstorms. In mammals including humans, NO is an important cellular signaling molecule involved in many physiological and pathological processes. It is a powerful vasodilator with a short half-life of a few seconds in the blood. Long-known pharmaceuticals such as nitroglycerine and amyl nitrite were discovered, more than a century after their first use in medicine, to be active through the mechanism of being precursors to nitric oxide. Low levels of nitric oxide production are important in protecting organs such as the liver from ischemic damage. Nitric oxide should not be confused with nitrous oxide, an anaesthetic and greenhouse gas, or with nitrogen dioxide, a brown toxic gas and a major air pollutant, however, nitric oxide is rapidly oxidised in air to nitrogen dioxide. Humphry Davy discovered this to his discomfort, when he inhaled the gas early in his career.

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1. Nitric Oxide

   A free radical gas produced endogenously by a variety of mammalian cells, synthesized from ARGININE by NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE. Nitric oxide is one of the ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT RELAXING FACTORS released by the vascular endothelium and mediates VASODILATION. It also inhibits platelet aggregation, induces disaggregation of aggregated platelets, and inhibits platelet adhesion to the vascular endothelium. Nitric oxide activates cytosolic GUANYLATE CYCLASE and thus elevates intracellular levels of CYCLIC GMP.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of nitric oxide in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of nitric oxide in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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