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Webster 1913 Edition


Azo-

Az′o-

.
[See
Azote
.]
(Chem.)
A combining form of azote
;
(a)
Applied loosely to compounds having nitrogen variously combined, as in cyanides, nitrates, etc.
(b)
Now especially applied to compounds containing a two atom nitrogen group uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene, azobenzoic, etc. These compounds furnish many artificial dyes. See
Diazo-
.

Definition 2024


azo-

azo-

See also: azo, AZO, azò, and -azo

English

Prefix

azo-

  1. (chemistry) containing nitrogen
  2. (organic chemistry) Having a bivalent azo group (-N=N-) as a substituent

Derived terms

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