sodium nitrite

sodium nitrite

 
noun
1.
Chemistry. a yellowish or white crystalline compound, NaNO2, soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol and ether: used in the manufacture of dyes and as a color fixative.
2.
Nutrition. this compound added to food as a preservative and for flavor and color, especially in pork, fish, and beef products: implicated in the formation of suspected carcinogens.
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Also called nitrite.

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1900–05
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a preparation containing an insoluble dye converted by reduction into a soluble leuco base, or a vessel containing such a preparation
selecting for combination or action; tending to combine with certain substances in preference to others, such as elective attraction
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sodium nitrite n.
A white crystalline compound used to lower systemic blood pressure, to relieve local vasomotor spasms, to relax bronchial and intestinal spasms, and as an antidote for cyanide poisoning.

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