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subnitrate

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[suhb-nahy-trayt] / sʌbˈnaɪ treɪt /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a basic salt of nitric acid.


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Etymology

Origin of subnitrate

First recorded in 1795–1805; sub- + nitrate


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What weight of bismuth can be got from 2 grams of the subnitrate BiONO3.H2O?

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer

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.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Feed dry rolled oats, oat hay, one handful of whole flaxseed at night, and the following powder: Bismuth subgalate, 4 ounces; iron sulphate, dessicated, 8 ounces; bismuth subnitrate, 8 ounces.

From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Edward J. (Edward James) Wickson

Therapeutics.—The subnitrate of bismuth is invaluable in certain cases of dyspepsia, and still more notably so in diarrhoea.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

The corresponding nitrate, BiONO3, is largely used in medicine under the name of subnitrate of bismuth.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson

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