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nitrite

DEFINITIONS OF: nitrite

1

n the radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid)

Types:
sodium nitrite
nitrite used to preserve and color food especially in meat and fish products; implicated in the formation of suspected carcinogens
Type of:
chemical group, group, radical
(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
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