nitrogenous

American  

[nahy-troj-uh-nuhs] / naɪˈtrɒdʒ ə nəs /

adjective

1. containing nitrogen.

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nitrogenous British  

/ naɪˈtrɒdʒɪnəs /

adjective

1. containing nitrogen or a nitrogen compound

   a nitrogenous fertilizer

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nitrogenous Scientific  

/ nī-trŏj′ə-nəs /

1. Containing nitrogen or a compound of nitrogen.

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Other Word Forms

• hypernitrogenous adjective
• unnitrogenous adjective

Etymology

Origin of nitrogenous

First recorded in 1830–40; nitrogen + -ous

Example Sentences

Importantly they also discovered all five nitrogenous bases — adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, and uracil — that are necessary to build DNA and RNA.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2025

These are nitrogenous substances found in many fermented or spoiled foods, and can cause headaches, but the amount in wine is far too low to be a problem.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2024

Crucially, the chemical, called nitrogenous triphosphonate, nitrilotri-methylphosphonic acid or NTMPA, is commercially available in industrial quantities because it is typically used to inhibit corrosion in water treatment plants.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

There is no excretory system or organs, and nitrogenous wastes simply diffuse from the cells into the water outside the animal or in the gastrovascular cavity.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Ptyalin, -e, tī′a-lin, n. the nitrogenous essential principle of saliva.—v.i.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various