what is the use of nitrous oxide in surgery
Nitrous oxide Nitrous oxide has significant medical uses, especially in surgery and dentistry, for its anaesthetic and pain reducing effects. Its name "laughing gas", coined by Humphry Davy, is due to the euphoric effects upon inhaling it, a property that has led to its recreational use as a dissociative anaesthetic. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the most effective and safe medicines needed in a health system.[2] It also is used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants, and in motor racing to increase the power output of engines.