(chemistry) Any salt or ester of nitrous acid. / (chemistry) The univalent radical -NO₂, and the anion NO₂⁻

plural of nitrite

treatment with nitrites

Any of a class of inhalant recreational drugs, originally developed for the treatment of angina.

(organic chemistry) The ester of isoamyl alcohol and nitrous acid, a volatile yellow liquid used as a vasodilator and antidote to cyanide poisoning; used illicitly as a sexual stimulant.

(pharmacology) A yellowish volatile synthetic liquid C₅H₁₁NO₂ of commercial amyl alcohol and nitrous acid that is used medicinally as a vasodilator. It is rapidly absorbed by the body on inhalation, and is sometimes used recreationally especially as an aphrodisiac.

(chemistry) The potassium salt of nitrous acid, KNO₂.

(chemistry) The sodium salt of nitrous acid, NaNO₂; used as a food preservative and in many industrial applications.

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the reduction of nitrite ions

plural of alkyl nitrite