Category:Nitro-

Ni"tro- (.

1. A combining form or an adjective denoting the presence of niter.

2. (chem.)

Defn: a combining form (used also adjectively) designating certain Compounds of nitrogen or of its acids, as nitrohydrochloric, Nitrocalcite; also, designating the group or radical no2, or its Compounds, as nitrobenzene. Nitro group, the radical no2; -- called Also nitroxyl.