Definition of Isobutyl nitrite

1. Noun. A colorless pungent liquid sometimes used as a stimulant drug by drug abusers.


Medical Definition of Isobutyl nitrite

1. A liquid present in commercial amyl nitrite, with similar antispasmodic and vasodilator properties. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Isobutyl Nitrite

isobologram
isobolograms
isoborneol
isoborneols
isobornyl thiocyanoacetate
isobront
isobronts
isobutane
isobutanes
isobutanol
isobuteine
isobutene
isobutenes
isobutyl
isobutyl alcohol
isobutyl nitrite (current term)
isobutylamine
isobutylene
isobutylenes
isobutylmethylxanthine
isobutylphenyl propionic acid
isobutyls
isobutyraldehyde
isobutyrate
isobutyrates
isobutyric
isobutyric acid
isobutyronitrile
isobutyryl-CoA mutase
isobuzole

Literary usage of Isobutyl nitrite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1886)
"isobutyl nitrite.—On heating, a mixture of amyl nitrite and isobutyl alcohol in the manner described above, isobutyl nitrite was obtained, ..."

2. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1890)
"Pure isobutyl nitrite was prepared, and a comparison of its action with that of a- and /9-amyl nitrites was undertaken by Professor Cash, of Aberdeen. ..."

3. The Year-book of Treatment (1890)
"Woolley and Williams, have recognised in good commercial samples of " amyl nitrite" the presence of isobutyl nitrite, a-amyl nitrite and /3-amyl nitrite, ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1886)
"isobutyl nitrite.—On heating, a mixture of amyl nitrite and isobutyl alcohol in the manner described above, isobutyl nitrite was obtained, ..."

5. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1890)
"Pure isobutyl nitrite was prepared, and a comparison of its action with that of a- and /9-amyl nitrites was undertaken by Professor Cash, of Aberdeen. ..."

6. The Year-book of Treatment (1890)
"Woolley and Williams, have recognised in good commercial samples of " amyl nitrite" the presence of isobutyl nitrite, a-amyl nitrite and /3-amyl nitrite, ..."

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