Which of following is also known as laughing gas?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Nitrous Oxide
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is called laughing gas because breathing it brings on a feeling of euphoria, often with giggling, before it dulls the sensation of pain.
It was first used as an anaesthetic by dentists in the nineteenth century and is still given, mixed with oxygen, for short procedures.