| nitrate | <chemistry> A salt of nitric acid. Nitrate of silver, a white crystalline salt (AgNO3), used in photography and as a cauterizing agent. Synonym: lunar caustic. Origin: Cf. F. Nitrate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| nitrate reductase | <enzyme> Narg, narh, nari, and narj are subunits of membrane-bound nitrate reductase from denitrifying bacteria Registry number: EC 1.7.99.4 Synonym: respiratory nitrate reductase, nasb gene product, narb gene product, niad gene product, narg gene product, narh gene product, nari gene product, narj gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| nitrate reductases | <enzyme> Registry number: EC 1.- (12 Dec 1998) |
| nitrate respiration | The process of respiration used by some anaerobic organisms, in which nitrate rather than molecular oxygen is used to oxidise organic molecules to obtain energy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toughened silver nitrate | Silver nitrate mixed with silver chloride and allowed to dry. Usually applied to the ends of small wooden applicator sticks or made available as pencils. These are used after wetting as a caustic chemical for the removal of warts. Synonym: fused silver nitrate, lunar caustic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| uranyl nitrate | <chemical> Bis(nitrato-o)dioxouranium. A compound used in photography and the porcelain industry. It causes severe renal insufficiency and renal tubular necrosis in mammals and is an effective lymphocyte mitogen. Chemical name: Uranium, bis(nitrato-O)dioxo-, (T-4)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| fused silver nitrate | Silver nitrate mixed with silver chloride and allowed to dry. Usually applied to the ends of small wooden applicator sticks or made available as pencils. These are used after wetting as a caustic chemical for the removal of warts. Synonym: fused silver nitrate, lunar caustic. (05 Mar 2000) |