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nitroso-
Word Origin
1.
a combining form of the nitroso group:
nitrosobenzene.
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Also,
especially before a vowel,
nitros-
.
Origin of
nitroso-
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Latin
combining form of
Latin
nitrōsus
full of natron, equivalent to
nitr(um
) native soda,
natron
(<
Greek
nítron
soda) +
-ōsus
-ose
1
; see
-o-
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nitroso-
in Medicine
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nitroso-
pref.
Nitrosyl:
nitrosobenzene.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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nitroso-
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Word Value for
nitroso
7
8
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