subnitrate

[suhb-nahy-treyt]

noun

Chemistry.

1. a basic salt of nitric acid.

Other Word Forms

• subnitrated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of subnitrate¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; sub- + nitrate

Example Sentences

It is, indeed, difficult to conceive of any stimulus that calomel could impart to the stomach that would not be equally given by any other non-irritant and insoluble powder—subnitrate of bismuth, for example.

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Subnitrate of bismuth may be used in combination with this or as a substitute for it.

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If the diarrhoea should persist, nitrate or oxide of silver, sulphate of copper, and subnitrate of bismuth in appropriate doses, given with a little opium, will all be found to be useful remedies.

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If the laudanum injections fail to restrain the diarrhoea, it will be well to have recourse, in combination with opium, to the subnitrate of bismuth or the acetate of lead.

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Taken internally the subnitrate, coming into contact with water, tends to decompose, gradually liberating nitric acid, one of the most powerful antiseptics.

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