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nitrosamine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
ni-trosamine
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A divalent functional group, >N.N=O.

noun

Any of a class of carcinogenic organic compounds containing this group, prepared by the reaction of amines with nitrites.

Etymology

From nitroso + amine.

Inflected Forms

nitrosamines (plural)

Derived Forms

dibenzylnitrosamine diethylnitrosamine dimethylnitrosamine

Questions

What does nitrosamine mean?
A divalent functional group, >N.N=O.
Where does nitrosamine come from?
From nitroso + amine.

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