Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Containing nitrogen.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or containing nitrogen. Also
nitrogenic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, nitrogen
- adjective See 2d Note under
Food , n., 1.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of, relating to, or containing
nitrogen
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- adjective of or relating to or containing nitrogen
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Examples
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Proteids, because they contain the element nitrogen and the others do not, are frequently called nitrogenous, and the other two are known as non-nitrogenous substances.
A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell
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Milk and Eggs. These are foods which not only contain nitrogenous substances in an eminently digestible form, but they have the so-called enzymes which facilitate assimilation into the tissues, and, hence, in a particular way, favour the growth of the child.
The Montessori Method Anne E. Montessori George 1912
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At basic level DNA uses four basic building blocks, known as nitrogenous bases, to code proteins used in cellular function and growth.
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Why are proteids called nitrogenous foods and fats and carbohydrates non-nitrogenous foods?
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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These blood (and muscle) formers are characterized by containing about fifteen and a half per cent. of nitrogen; and hence are called nitrogenous substances.
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The principal ingredient in the formation of uric acid is nitrogen, one of the six elements which enter into all proteid or albuminous food materials, also called nitrogenous foods.
Nature Cure Henry Lindlahr 1893
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It contains none of the elements of wax, but is rich in what chemists call nitrogenous substances, which are not contained in honey, and which furnish ample nourishment for the development of the growing bee.
Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual 1852
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-- It is not desirable that fish should be the sole kind of nitrogenous food eaten by any nation; and even if milk and eggs be added thereto, the vigor of such a people will not be equal to that of flesh-eating nations.
Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Joel Dorman Steele
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The terms (_a_) "nitrogenous" and (_b_) "carbonaceous" are frequently used to designate the two distinct classes of food, viz.: (_a_) the tissue builders and flesh formers; (_b_) fuel and force producers.
Public School Domestic Science Adelaide Hoodless 1884
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Compounds which contain this element are called nitrogenous, while those from which it is absent are called non-nitrogenous. [
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value Harry Snyder
dgstone commented on the word nitrogenous
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March 19, 2008