nitritoid
/ˈnʌɪtrʌɪtɔɪd/Medicine
adjective
Designating an adverse drug reaction (originally to arsenicals, now especially to parenteral gold salts) characterized by facial flushing, nausea, dizziness, and rarely hypotension and syncope, resembling the effects of the vasodilator amyl nitrite.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Archives of Internal Medicine. From nitrite + -oid, after French nitritoïde.
- put (or bring or carry) something into effect
- put (or give or set) one's mind to
- put (or have) someone's ass in a sling
- put (or have) the wind up
- put (or lay) one's cards on the table
- put (or lay) one's head (or neck) on the block
- put (or lay) on jam
- put (or place) a premium on
- put (or place) someone on a pedestal
- put (or set) one's hand to the plough
- put (or set) one's house in order
- put (or set) pen to paper
- put (or set) someone right
- put (or set) something to rights
- put (or set) spurs to
- put (or set) the cat among the pigeons
- put (or set) the record straight
- put (or set) the seal on
- put (or stick) one's oar in
- put (or throw) someone off the scent
- put out
- put out to grass
- put (out) to sea
- put paid to
- put-put