Definition of "nitric" []

• Of, derived from, or containing nitrogen, especially in a valence state higher than that in a comparable nitrous compound. (adjective)

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• "Biological chemistry and molecular mechanisms of action in nitric oxide"
• "Researchers have created the blackest black ever made on Earth, by bubbling a shiny metal plate in nitric acid for a few seconds."
• "Researchers from the University of Kentucky Medical School and Taishan Medical College report that high salt levels in the blood, as would be observed in people with high salt intake, could significantly suppress the activity of an enzyme called nitric oxide synthase (NOS)."