NITROSO-


Meaning of NITROSO- in English

a combining form of the nitroso group: nitrosobenzene.

Also, esp. before a vowel, nitros- .

[ comb. form of L nitrosus full of natron, equiv. to nitr ( um ) native soda, NATRON ( nítron soda) + -osus -OSE 1 ; see -O- ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .