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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A carcinogenic nitrosamine, C2H6N2O, that occurs in tobacco smoke and certain foods.
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- noun chemistry a simple
nitrosamine , (CH3)2N-N=O, found intobacco smoke ; it iscarcinogenic
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73, 279-285 (1976) [31] Risteli, J.; Tuderman, L.; Kivirikko, K.I.: Intracellular enzymes of collagen biosynthesis in rat liver as a function of age and in hepatic injury induced by dimethylnitrosamine.
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