Organic Chemical
nitro compounds
Subclass of:
Organic Chemicals
Definitions related to nitro compounds:
  • Compound containing the chemical group N02.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Compounds having the nitro group, -NO2, attached to carbon. When attached to nitrogen they are nitramines and attached to oxygen they are NITRATES.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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