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NITROGEN BALANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The balance between the amount of nitrogen taken in (to the soil or the body) and the amount given off (lost or excreted)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("nitrogen balance" is a kind of...):
balance (a state of equilibrium)