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NITRITE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("nitrite" is a kind of...):

chemical group; group; radical ((chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nitrite"):

sodium nitrite (nitrite used to preserve and color food especially in meat and fish products; implicated in the formation of suspected carcinogens)

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 Context examples: 

This substance may be formed during cooking of foods that contain sodium nitrite as a preservative, including meat, fish and cheese.

(N-Nitrosopyrrolidine, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is oxidase and catalase positive, reduces nitrite, galactosidase negative, does not hydrolyze tributyrin, and does not grow on MacConkey's agar.

(Neisseria canis, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is catalase and oxidase positive, produces a yellowish pigment, non-hemolytic, utilizes glucose and maltose, but not mannose or lactose, reduces nitrite but not nitrate, and some strains spontaneously agglutinate in saline.

(Neisseria subflava, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is catalase and oxidase positive, non-hemolytic, produces a yellowish pigment, reduces both nitrate and nitrite, synthesizes polysaccharides, and produces acid from glucose, maltose, fructose, and sucrose, but not mannose or lactose.

(Neisseria mucosa, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is oxidase positive, reduces nitrite, but not nitrate, produces carbonic anhydrase, does not hydrolyze tributyrin, is non-hemolytic, and does not produce acid from glucose, maltose, fructose, sucrose, mannose, or lactose.

(Neisseria cinerea, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is acid-fast, grows on MacConkey's agar, is iron uptake and nitrite reduction positive, and 3 day arylsulfatase negative.

(Mycobacterium smegmatis, NCI Thesaurus)

N-Nitrosodiethanolamine is ubiquitously found in the environment and is a contaminant formed by the reaction of nitrites with ethanolamines in a wide range of products including tobacco, pesticides, antifreeze and personal care products.

(N-Nitrosodi-n-butylamine, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile using a single polar or bipolar flagellum, non-spore forming, oxidase positive, catalase negative, reduces nitrate, but not nitrite, and does not hydrolyze hippurate nor produce hydrogen sulfide.

(Campylobacter upsaliensis, NCI Thesaurus)

These key ingredients are nitrites (NO2) and nitrates (NO3), fixed forms of nitrogen that are important for the establishment and sustainability of life as we know it.

(Asteroids, Hydrogen Make Great Recipe for Life on Mars, NASA)

This species is acid fast, does not grow on MacConkey agar, catalase, urease and niacin positive, and negative for nitrite reduction and Tween 80 hydrolysis.

(Mycobacterium simiae, NCI Thesaurus)