monoxide
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7.3
- noun
- /məˈnɑːksaɪd/
- Specialized
:
monóxido
- Taken to the hospital, the Maddoxes were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning and released.
- carbon monoxide
- monoxide emissions
- monoxide levels
Sounds like some people need to get carbon monoxide detectors or checked out psychologically.
- Sounds like some people need to get carbon monoxide detectors or checked out psychologically.
- And blood tests revealed these massive amounts of carbon monoxide in her bloodstream.
- Nah, if you endure the carbon monoxide just a little bit longer, it will kill you.
- And then you get a, a multi chirp beep for carbon monoxide and a long siren, I think for smoke.
- And they, somebody hid the carbon monoxide detector and I couldn't find it in this Airbnb, in this Airbnb.
- And then it's like carbon monoxide is like from boilers and stuff, poisons your brain and it makes you hear things.
- The alarm went off, scared them off and they left since there was no carbon monoxide and no fire and we were both asleep, like there was nothing that could have tripped the alarm.
- Let's see, carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and oxygen were in percentages.
- Now I remember my boy Jeffrey Saviak had a gas leak at his house when I was young and they had a monoxide or something.
- You vent the carbon monoxide and then you understand how much oxygen you can get from the process.
Examples
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The carbon monoxide has poisoned him.
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If they all died of carbon monoxide poisoning, it wouldn't be his fault.
Fiction book (2001) -
the carbon monoxide in the air will increase
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And then they discover that the carbon monoxide levels in her blood are high.
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All of them got carbon monoxide poisoning by now.
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The carbon monoxide monitors are going off.
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When added to conventional gasoline, it reduces carbon monoxide emissions by increasing the fuel's oxygen content.
Academic text (1992) -
Nicotine does not cause cancer; it is the tar and carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke that is harmful.
Academic text (2011) -
So this thing is too fancy and has a carbon monoxide detector and it automatically shuts off when it detects too much.
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High levels of carbon monoxide in the air can be dangerous to your health.
Synonyms
39
4.2
A substance made of oxygen and another element
A chemical in which an element combines with the smallest amount of oxygen
Compounds
- Specialized
37
3.6
A colorless, odorless gas that is very poisonous and comes from burning fuels without enough air
- Specialized
8
3.7
An illness that happens when carbon monoxide gas reduces the oxygen your body gets
- Specialized
A white poisonous powder made from barium and oxygen used to make pottery and in chemical work
How Oxygenated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Monoxide breaks into mono- meaning 'one', as in monorail, and oxide from oxygen, the gas. So monoxide means a compound with just 'one' atom of 'oxygen' joined to another element.