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sodium nitrite

n :  a colorless or yellowish deliquescent salt NaNO2 that is used as a meat preservative and in medicine as a vasodilator and an antidote for cyanide poisoning .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  sodium nitrate 

 
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