amyl nitrite

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: 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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amyl nitrite

noun

Medical Definition of amyl nitrite

: a pale yellow pungent flammable liquid ester C₅H₁₁NO₂ of commercial amyl alcohol and nitrous acid that is used chiefly in medicine as a vasodilator especially in treating angina pectoris and illicitly as an aphrodisiac

— called also isoamyl nitrite

— compare popper

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