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heliox

heliox noun: a mixture of helium and oxygen used as a breathing gas.

Noun

heliox (uncountable)

  1. A mixture of helium and oxygen used as a breathing gas.

Origin of heliox

Blend of heli(um) + ox(ygen).

Questions about heliox

What does heliox mean?
Heliox means a mixture of helium and oxygen used as a breathing gas.
What part of speech is heliox?
Heliox is a noun.

Words near heliox in the dictionary

  1. heliotypes
  2. heliotypic
  3. heliotyping
  4. heliotypography
  5. heliotypy
  6. heliox
  7. helioxanthin
  8. helioxerophyllous
  9. heliozelid
  10. heliozelids
  11. heliozoan

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