nitrogenous
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6.8
- adjective
- /naɪˈtrɪdʒənəs/
- Specialized
:
nitrogenado
- And this is filtrate now, which is being processed in ways that allow the nitrogenous materials to be removed.
- nitrogenous fertilizers
- nitrogenous waste
Examples
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" The Western world became deeply involved in chemical agriculture during the early part of this century, after synthetic nitrogenous fertilizers first became available in large quantities and at low cost.
Academic text (1998) -
The inputs are primarily sunlight or other energy forms, carbon dioxide, water, and nitrogenous materials.
Academic text (1999) -
Then, early in the winter of 1998, a new possibility for nitrogenous materials came to light: shellfish waste products.
Academic text (1999) -
"We have also observed in China how low-cost synthetic nitrogenous fertilizers have become available in increasing quantities since the 1970s.
Academic text (1998) -
GBI's Chemical Division, big in nitrogenous fertilizers, took note of this and brought it to the attention of Noonan, our then president.
Fiction book (2001) -
In addition, patients cannot excrete the nitrogenous waste products of protein metabolism and can develop the uraemic syndrome.
Academic text (1995) -
Since 1993, Mexico's total consumption of nitrogenous fertilizers has remained roughly constant (see Figure 1 on this page).
Academic text (2005) -
Bacteria flushed in the liquid waste break down the nitrogenous waste, and it becomes ammonia, which gives urine its pungent scent.
Blog text (3) -
From the ammonia, nitrogenous fertilizers can be formulated in Tanzania, Mozambique, Angola, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Academic text (1992) -
The basic idea is that DNA traits result from the sequence of four nitrogenous bases.
Synonyms
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7.5
Containing or connected with nitrogen, for example the gas used in medicine and engines
A substance that contains nitrogen
Having nitrogen in it
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nitrogenous comes from nitrogen, which itself joins nitro- from a mineral salt called 'nitre' and -gen meaning 'to produce', the same -gen you see in oxygen and hydrogen. So nitrogenous means 'containing or made of nitrogen', which fits its use for wastes, compounds, and fertilizers.