nitrogenicadj.
/ˌnʌɪtrəˈdʒɛnɪk/, U.S. /ˌnaɪtrəˈdʒɛnɪk/ Involving or containing nitrogen.
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1889 Nature 25 July 312/1 The action of nitric acid on carbonic and nitrogenic compounds.
1965 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 53 1215 Quantitative examination of nitrogenic compounds in the rocks indicates differentiation of from 5 to 50 times the quantity of mantle materials in the magmatic processes producing the crust and the juvenile nitrogen of the atmosphere.
1998 Jrnl. Molecular Evol. 46 508 The analysis suggests that oxygenic respiration is quite an old process and, in fact, predates nitrogenic respiration as well as reaction-center photosynthesis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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