What does the suffix in the word nitrogenous mean?

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What does the suffix in the word nitrogenous mean?

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Answer 1 · 2017-06-15T18:50:06

It means that the compound contains nitrogen, or bears nitrogen.........

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.......typically, it contains nitrogen in a usable form. And when we use the term for say $nitrogenous fertilizers$ $"nitrogenous fertilizers"$ , we indicate the presence of nitrogen containing salts, e.g. $nitrate$ $"nitrate"$ or $ammonium$ $"ammonium"$ salts, i.e. $N O_{3}^{-}$ $NO_3^-$ and $N H_{4}^{+}$ $NH_4^+$ salts respectively, which are in a usable form to form proteins.

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