Nitrosamine Definition

nī-trōsə-mēn, nītrōs-ămēn
nitrosamines
noun
Any of a series of organic compounds derived from amines and containing the NNO group: they are found in foods, herbicides, and industrial products and are formed in the body from nitrates and nitrites: some are thought to be carcinogenic in humans.
Webster's New World

(chemistry) A divalent functional group, >N.N=O.

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Other Word Forms of Nitrosamine

Noun

Singular:
nitrosamine
Plural:
nitrosamines

Origin of Nitrosamine

  • Latin nitrōsus full of natron (from nitrum natron niter) amine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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