carbon monoxide
noun
: a colorless odorless very toxic gas CO that is formed as a product of the incomplete combustion of carbon or a carbon compound
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Each of the five experiments produced carbon monoxide, cyanate, and ammonium — compounds that were detected in Enceladus' plumes by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in 2005.
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Miller Gardner died March 21 while on vacation with his family due to carbon monoxide inhalation, the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) of Costa Rica previously said in April.
—Djenane Villanueva, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
In addition to the mouse study, the researchers also confirmed that the protein quickly clung to carbon monoxide in human blood in test tubes.
—Sara Novak, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
LanzaTech’s process routes industrial gases into special bioreactors containing anaerobic bacteria which consume carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen and produce ethanol, using a fermentation process similar to that of yeast.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Miller Gardner died March 21 while on vacation with his family due to carbon monoxide inhalation, the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) of Costa Rica previously said in April.
—Djenane Villanueva, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
In addition to the mouse study, the researchers also confirmed that the protein quickly clung to carbon monoxide in human blood in test tubes.
—Sara Novak, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
LanzaTech’s process routes industrial gases into special bioreactors containing anaerobic bacteria which consume carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen and produce ethanol, using a fermentation process similar to that of yeast.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Carbon monoxide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carbon%20monoxide. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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