NITRO-

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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

2.
n.

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.