2. Noun. (chemistry) any of a class of organic compounds containing this group; prepared by the reaction of amines with nitrites; they are carcinogenic ¹
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Definition of Nitrosamine
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Medical Definition of Nitrosamine
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Nitrosamine
Literary usage of Nitrosamine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1905)
"The mixture should not be kept too long, as upon prolonged standing in contact
with the mother-liquor, the yellow nitrosamine becomes green. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1905)
"The mixture should not be kept too long, as upon prolonged standing in contact
with the mother liquor, the yellow nitrosamine becomes green. ..."
3. Eighth Annual Report on Carcinogens: 1998 Summary edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"Synthetic cutting fluids, semisynthetic cutting oils, and soluble cutting oils
may contain nitrosamine, either as contaminants in amines or as products from ..."
4. Para-aminobenzonitrile and Its Derivatives by Louis Elsberg Wise (1911)
"From " nitrosamine" Paste. The starting product used in this synthesis was procured
through the courtesy of the "Badische" Company.15 It is a heavy brown ..."
5. The Methylation of Para-aminophenol by Means of Formaldehyde by Ernest Carl Wagner (1921)
"Before the reduction of methylene-p-aminophenol is discussed, it is necessary to
describe the methods of forming and handling the nitrosamine of ..."
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