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Definition of Nitrous

1. Adjective. Of or containing nitrogen. "Nitric acid"

Definition of Nitrous

1. a. Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it.

Definition of Nitrous

1. containing nitrogen [adj]

Medical Definition of Nitrous

1. 1. Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it. 2. Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of those compounds in which nitrogen has a relatively lower valence as contrasted with nitric compounds. Nitrous acid, a hypothetical acid of nitrogen HNO2, not known in the free state, but forming a well known series of salts, viz, the nitrites. Nitrous oxide. See Laughing gas. Origin: L. Nitrosus full of natron: cf. F. Nitreux. See Niter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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