Thesaurus: nitrite

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1. n. A salt of nitrous acid.
2. n. the radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid)
3. A salt of nitrous acid. Amyl nitrite, a yellow oily volatile liquid, used in medicine as a depressant and a vaso-dilator. Its inhalation produces an instantaneous flushing of the face.
4. A salt of nitrous acid. Amyl nitrite, a yellow oily volatileliquid, used in medicine as a depressant and a vaso-dilator. Itsinhalation produces an instantaneous flushing of the face.
5. n:100 n. the radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid)