azote
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Same as Nitrogen.
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Nitrogen gas was inert enough that Antoine Lavoisier referred to it as "mephitic air" or azote, from the Greek word ἄζωτος main azotos, "lifeless".
The gaseous oxide of azote (the laughing gas) is perfectly respirable when pure.
In that work, he proved that air is a mixture of two gases; 'vital air', which is essential to combustion and respiration, and azote (Gk.
This hypothetical cell membrane was termed an " azotosome ", a combination of "azote", French for nitrogen, and " liposome ".