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Definition of Nerve agent
1. Noun. A toxic gas that is inhaled or absorbed through the skin and has harmful effects on the nervous and respiratory system.
Generic synonyms: Agent, Poison Gas
Specialized synonyms: Vx Gas, Organophosphate Nerve Agent
Definition of Nerve agent
1. Noun. (alternative name of nerve gas) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nerve Agent
Literary usage of Nerve agent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: Final Report edited by Joyce C Laslof, Marguerite Knox, John D Baldeschwieler (1997)
"The effects of nerve agent poisoning (figure 4-1) are virtually identical to ...
Data on human effects of CW nerve agent poisoning derive largely from human ..."
2. U. S. Dual-Use Exports to Iraq and Their Impact on the Health of the Persian by DIANE Publishing Company (1997)
"G - non-persistent nerve agent V - persistent nerve agent H - mustard or blister
agent L - lewisite or blister agent CX - choking agent CK - blood agent AC ..."
3. Review of the Department of Defense Research Program on Low-Level Exposures by Best, Committee on Toxicology, NetLibrary, Inc, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences (2005)
"Thus, the committee recommends making more efforts to correlate either alkyl
phosphonates or regenerated nerve agent with physiological effects and making ..."
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