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nitrite
noun(ni-trite)
a salt or ester of nitrous acid
nitrite
noun(ni-trite)
a pale yellow pungent flammable liquid ester C5H11NO2 of commercial amyl alcohol and nitrous acid that is used in medicine as a vasodilator and inhaled illicitly especially as an aphrodisiac
nitrite
noun(ni-trite)
an oily liquid ester C4H9NO2 of butyl alcohol and nitrous acid that is inhaled illicitly especially as an aphrodisiac
nitrite
noun(ni-trite)
a salt NaNO2 used especially in dye manufacture and as a meat preservative

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