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.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Nitrosamine
Noun
Singular:
nitrosamine
Plural:
nitrosaminesOrigin of Nitrosamine
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Latin nitrōsus full of natron (from nitrum natron niter) amine
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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