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What is the definition or description of: co2?
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CO2 IS A GAS: Co2 stands for carbon dioxide a gas which is produced in our bodies and is exhaled with each breath as a waste product.
Answered 11/17/2013
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Carbon dioxide: This is a gas composed on one carbon and two oxygen molecules. Very common byproduct of respiration in almost every animal.
Answered 1/19/2017
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