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Definition of Ammonia

1. Noun. A water solution of ammonia.

2. Noun. A pungent gas compounded of nitrogen and hydrogen (NH3).

Definition of Ammonia

1. n. A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH₃, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn.

Definition of Ammonia

1. a pungent gas [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ammonia

1. The common name for NH3, a strongly basic, irritating, colourlessgas which is lighter than air and readily soluble in water. It is formed in nature as a by-product of protein metabolism in animals.Industrially, it is used in explosives, fertiliser, refrigerants, household cleaningsolutions, etc. Ammonium hydroxide (NH4+), a solution of ammonia gas in water. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ammonia

Ammobium alatum ammocete ammocetes ammodyte Ammodytes Ammodytidae Ammon ammon Ammon's fissure Ammon's horn

Ammon's prominence ammonaemia ammonal ammonals ammonia (current term) ammonia (current term) ammonia-lyases ammoniac ammoniac ammoniacal

ammoniacal ammoniacal urine ammoniacs ammonias ammoniate ammoniated ammoniated ammoniated mercuric chloride ammoniated mercury ammoniated tincture

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