pref. Containing a nitrogen group, especially one attached at both ends in a covalent bond to other groups: azole. [From French azote, nitrogen : Greek a-, not; see A-1 + Greek zōē, life (from the fact that nitrogen does not support respiration); see gwei- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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