SODIUM NITRITE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Nitrite used to preserve and color food especially in meat and fish products; implicated in the formation of suspected carcinogens

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Nouns denoting substances

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

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

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