Definition of amyl nitrite
: a pale yellow pungent flammable liquid ester C5H11NO2 of commercial amyl alcohol and nitrous acid that is used in medicine as a vasodilator and inhaled illicitly especially as an aphrodisiac — compare popper sense 2
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The first known use of amyl nitrite was in 1867
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