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SODIUM NITRITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nitrite used to preserve and color food especially in meat and fish products; implicated in the formation of suspected carcinogens
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sodium nitrite" is a kind of...):
nitrite (the radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid))
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