Definition of "nitrogeneous" [nitrogeneous]

• Same as nitrogenous.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Hence, aside from her physical constitution, the food of woman alone explains the relative excess of non-nitrogeneous substances."
• "This method is entirely erroneous; for it is based upon the false principle, that by putrefaction all nitrogeneous substances are immediately converted into ammonia, carbonic acid, and water!"
• "The nitrogeneous compounds -- vegetable albumen, gluten -- which are contained in the grape, and which are dissolved in the must as completely as the sugar, under certain circumstances turn into the fermenting principle, and so change the must into wine."