azotize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of azotize
Example Sentences
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They are azotized, and contain quite a marked amount of nitrogen.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 by Various
As already mentioned, different articles of food have been divided into the azotized and non-azotized, or those which contain nitrogen as one of their constituents, and those which are nearly destitute of it.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin
The first two groups are called non-azotized, as they contain no nitrogen; the last two, azotized, containing nitrogen.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 by Various
To give an instance:—In polar climates the human frame, to maintain its animal heat, requires, for combustion in the capillary system, an abundant supply of highly azotized food, such as train-oil.
From Eureka: A Prose Poem by Poe, Edgar A.
The one was created by nature to consume animal substances highly azotized; the other, from the transition of life to which he is born to be exposed, is essentially polyphagous.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
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