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nitrosate

nitrosate verb: to introduce a nitroso group into a compound.

Verb

nitrosate (third-person singular simple present nitrosates, present participle nitrosating, simple past and past participle nitrosated)

  1. To introduce a nitroso group into a compound.
    • Nitrogen dioxide radical is also formed during nitrite-peroxidase reactions, and suggests that multiple mechanisms may be operating during inflammation to nitrosate thiols.2017, Louis J. Ignarro, Nitric Oxide: Biology and Pathobiology, page 48

Noun

nitrosate (plural nitrosates)

  1. An organic nitrate ester of a nitroso alcohol RR'-C(NO)-C(ONO₂)-RR'.

Forms of nitrosate

Verb
third-person singular presentnitrosates
present participlenitrosating
past participlenitrosated
pastnitrosated
Noun
pluralnitrosates

Origin of nitrosate

From nitroso + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

From nitroso + -ate (“derivative”).

Words formed from nitrosate

Questions about nitrosate

What does nitrosate mean?
Nitrosate means to introduce a nitroso group into a compound.
What part of speech is nitrosate?
Nitrosate can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of nitrosate?
The past tense of nitrosate is nitrosated.

Words near nitrosate in the dictionary

  1. nitrosamide
  2. nitrosamides
  3. nitrosamine
  4. nitrosamines
  5. nitrosatable
  6. nitrosate
  7. nitrosated
  8. nitrosates
  9. nitrosating
  10. nitrosation
  11. nitrosations

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