nerve gas
noun
: an organophosphate chemical weapon that may be inhaled, absorbed through the skin, or ingested and interferes with normal nerve transmission : nerve agent
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Last May, Haley published a paper in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives that found that veterans who recalled hearing chemical nerve gas alarms during their deployment were more likely to develop Gulf War illness.
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Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 3 May 2023
Sean Connery essentially plays a James Bond who's been rotting in prison for decades, Nicolas Cage is a jittery FBI chemist and the twosome break into Alcatraz to stop a bunch of rogue military dudes from shooting rockets filled with deadly nerve gas at San Francisco.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2022
On the morning of March 20, 1995, a deadly nerve gas attack in the Tokyo subway sent the nation and its people into chaos.
—Vulture, 4 Jan. 2023
Rockets filled with nerve gas are aimed at San Francisco from the offshore island, a threat led by vengeful Brigadier General Francis Hummel (Ed Harris) and his clan of U.S. Force Recon Marines.
—Michael Lee Simpson, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2022
Battelle researchers tested his fungal strains against neurotoxins and found one potent variety of psilocybin mushroom highly effective at breaking down VX nerve gas.
—Kenneth Miller, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2013
In addition, many veterans diagnosed with GWS were exposed to chemicals, such as pesticides and nerve gas, that are known to damage mitochondria.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2014
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Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 3 May 2023
Sean Connery essentially plays a James Bond who's been rotting in prison for decades, Nicolas Cage is a jittery FBI chemist and the twosome break into Alcatraz to stop a bunch of rogue military dudes from shooting rockets filled with deadly nerve gas at San Francisco.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2022
On the morning of March 20, 1995, a deadly nerve gas attack in the Tokyo subway sent the nation and its people into chaos.
—Vulture, 4 Jan. 2023
Rockets filled with nerve gas are aimed at San Francisco from the offshore island, a threat led by vengeful Brigadier General Francis Hummel (Ed Harris) and his clan of U.S. Force Recon Marines.
—Michael Lee Simpson, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2022
Battelle researchers tested his fungal strains against neurotoxins and found one potent variety of psilocybin mushroom highly effective at breaking down VX nerve gas.
—Kenneth Miller, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2013
In addition, many veterans diagnosed with GWS were exposed to chemicals, such as pesticides and nerve gas, that are known to damage mitochondria.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2014
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1940, in the meaning defined above
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nerve gas
noun
: a war gas damaging especially to the nervous and respiratory systems
Medical Definition
nerve gas
noun
: an organophosphate chemical weapon that may be inhaled, absorbed through the skin, or ingested and interferes with normal nerve transmission : nerve agent
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