nitrogenous
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- hypernitrogenous adjective
- unnitrogenous adjective
Etymology
Origin of nitrogenous
Example Sentences
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Importantly they also discovered all five nitrogenous bases — adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, and uracil — that are necessary to build DNA and RNA.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2025
These are nitrogenous substances found in many fermented or spoiled foods, and can cause headaches, but the amount in wine is far too low to be a problem.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2024
Crucially, the chemical, called nitrogenous triphosphonate, nitrilotri-methylphosphonic acid or NTMPA, is commercially available in industrial quantities because it is typically used to inhibit corrosion in water treatment plants.
From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024
The allantois stores nitrogenous waste and facilitates respiration.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
In this bran are contained most of the layers of gluten, in which are lodged the phosphates and the companion nitrogenous compounds—the sources of living tissues.
From Martyria or Andersonville Prison by Hamlin, Augustus C.
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