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nitrosoguanidine

nitrosoguanidine noun: an N-nitroso derivative of guanidine whose methyl derivative is used as a mutagen.

Noun

nitrosoguanidine (uncountable)

  1. An N-nitroso derivative of guanidine whose methyl derivative is used as a mutagen

Origin of nitrosoguanidine

From nitroso + guanidine.

Questions about nitrosoguanidine

What does nitrosoguanidine mean?
Nitrosoguanidine means an N-nitroso derivative of guanidine whose methyl derivative is used as a mutagen.
What part of speech is nitrosoguanidine?
Nitrosoguanidine is a noun.

Words near nitrosoguanidine in the dictionary

  1. nitrosodimethylamine
  2. nitrosodisulfonate
  3. nitrosodisulfonates
  4. nitrosoethylurea
  5. nitrosoglutathione
  6. nitrosoguanidine
  7. nitrosoindazole
  8. nitrosolic acid
  9. nitrosolic acids
  10. nitrosome
  11. nitrosomes

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