Medical Definition of Nitro-
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1. A combining form or an adjective denoting the presence of niter.
2. A combining form (used also adjectively) designating certain compounds of nitrogen or of its acids, as nitrohydrochloric, nitrocalcite; also, designating the group or radical NO2, or its compounds, as nitrobenzene. Nitro group, the radical NO2.
Synonym: nitroxyl.
(29 Oct 1998)
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