nitric oxide
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- noun
- /ˈnaɪtrɪk ˈaɪkaɪd/
- Specialized
:
óxido nítrico
- The recommendations state that measurement of exhaled nitric oxide, used alongside other diagnostic options, may also help clinicians and patients find the most appropriate medication earlier and manage their symptoms better.
- exhaled nitric oxide
- nitric oxide testing
- production of nitric oxide
You're like, OK, boost endorphins, dopamine, nitric oxide, and oxytocin in your system.
- You're like, OK, boost endorphins, dopamine, nitric oxide, and oxytocin in your system.
- What is happening is the the humming is releasing nitric oxide in our in our system.
- And if you, because of all of these different tissues, they, they release nitric oxide.
- You don't want that because those bacteria are making healthy natural nitric oxide that help to lower your blood pressure.
- These heat shock proteins also stimulate the release of nitric oxide, which then can inhibit the replication of viruses like SARS or the SARS virus.
- We're making a new nitric oxide product.
- What a pile of dark leafy greens, which has a high level of nitric oxide and that nitric oxide is produced when you chew in any sort of leafy green.
- It kicks the nitric oxide that is has an affinity to stick inside the the mitochondria.
Examples
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Nitric oxide testing is also recommended as an option to support the management of asthma in children.
Academic text (2014) -
Nitric oxide (NO) in exhaled breath is produced primarily by the upper respiratory airway mucosa.
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As we age, we tend to produce less nitric oxide.
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Would exhaled nitric oxide testing have offered any additional helpful information?
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The nerve signals trigger the production of nitric oxide (NO).
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Some nitrite in our stomach reacts with gastric contents, forming nitric oxide, which may have many beneficial effects.
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While it is not yet widely implemented, a fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) has emerged in recent years as a useful tool in both the diagnosis and management of asthma.
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Up until the 1980s, nitric oxide was thought only to play a role in the detrimental effects of air pollution on the respiratory system, but in 1991, nitric oxide was detected in exhaled breath samples.
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Maintaining adequate levels of nitric oxide in the bloodstream is crucial for healthy blood circulation.
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The body produces nitric oxide as a signaling molecule to help regulate various physiological functions.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward chemical compound name: 'nitric' relates to nitrogen and 'oxide' means a compound with oxygen, so together they denote an oxide of nitrogen (a nitrogen–oxygen compound). This compositional, cross-linguistically regular naming pattern (e.g. Spanish 'óxido nítrico') makes the basic meaning predictable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents, even if detailed properties (color, toxicity) require specialist knowledge.
Etymology
Nitric oxide comes from old chemistry words: nitric comes from 'nitre' (an old name for saltpeter) and oxide means 'with oxygen'. So the name literally describes a small gas made of nitrogen and oxygen, which matches how nitric oxide is used in industry and made in the body today.