NITROGENOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nitrogenous mean? 

• NITROGENOUS (adjective)
  The adjective NITROGENOUS has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or containing nitrogen

  Familiarity information: NITROGENOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NITROGENOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or containing nitrogen

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

nitrogen-bearing; nitrogenous

Pertainym:

nitrogen (a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues)

Derivation:

nitrogen (a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues)

 Context examples 

This protein is involved in cellular detoxification of glutathione, nitrogenous compounds and other xenobiotics.

(Glutathione S-Transferase Mu 3, NCI Thesaurus)

Arginine is also an important intermediate in the urea cycle and in detoxification of nitrogenous wastes.

(Arginine, NCI Thesaurus)

A nucleotide comprised of either a purine or pyrimidine nitrogenous base bound to a deoxyribose sugar esterified with three phosphate groups.

(Deoxyribonucleotide Triphosphate, NCI Thesaurus)

The most prevalent of nonprotein nitrogenous compounds circulating in the blood used as an indicator of liver and kidney function.

(Blood Urea, NCI Thesaurus)

Location on a DNA strand where the phosphate backbone is intact but the nitrogenous base has been lost from both DNA strands.

(Bistrand Abasic Site, NCI Thesaurus)

A subunit of DNA or RNA consisting of a nitrogenous base (adenine, guanine, thymine, or cytosine in DNA; adenine, guanine, uracil, or cytosine in RNA), a phosphate molecule, and a sugar molecule (deoxyribose in DNA and ribose in RNA).

(Nucleotide, NCI Thesaurus)

One of nine essential amino acids in humans (present in dietary proteins), Isoleucine has diverse physiological functions, such as assisting wound healing, detoxification of nitrogenous wastes, stimulating immune function, and promoting secretion of several hormones.

(Isoleucine, NCI Thesaurus)