SINCE 1828
nitrite group
noun
variants:
or
nitrite ion
Definition of nitrite group
: the univalent group or anion NO2 or ONO characteristic of nitrous acid and nitrites in which it is united through oxygen and hence is isomeric with the nitro group
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