dictionary help| nitrous | medical dictionary |
1. Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it.
2. <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of those compounds in which nitrogen has a relatively lower valence as contrasted with nitric compounds.
<chemistry> Nitrous acid, a hypothetical acid of nitrogen HNO2, not known in the free state, but forming a well known series of salts, viz, the nitrites. Nitrous oxide. See Laughing gas.
Origin: L. Nitrosus full of natron: cf. F. Nitreux. See Niter.
(01 Mar 1998)
nitrosourea, nitrosoureas, nitrosyl, nitrosylic < Prev | Next > nitrous acid, nitrous oxide, nitrovin
Bookmark with:      | word visualiser | Go and visit our forums  |
