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nitrosamine
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ni·tros·a·mine (n-trs-mn, ntrs-mn)
n.
Any of a class of organic compounds present in various foods and other products and found to be carcinogenic and mutagenic in laboratory animals.

nitrosamine (nītrō´smēn),
n compound present in tobacco that is linked to the development of cancer.

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