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Definition of: nitrous
(nī′trəs) adjective Chem.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from nitrogen: especially applied to those compounds of nitrogen containing less oxygen than the nitric compounds. [<L nitrosus full of natron <nitrum natron]
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