nitratation

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noun

The conversion of nitrite into nitrate, typically be means of the enzyme nitrite oxidoreductase

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Meanings

nounnitratation (countable and uncountable, plural nitratations)

plural nitratations

  1. countableuncountablebiochemistryThe conversion of nitrite into nitrate, typically be means of the enzyme nitrite oxidoreductase
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