subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition

the chemical process in which a nitro group is added to an organic compound (or substituted for another group in an organic compound)

a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues

an unstable inorganic acid known only in solution and as nitrite salts

any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)