azotize (azotiz)

t.; pret. and pp. azotized, ppr. azotizing. [ It has been maintained, on the basis of carefully-conducted experiments, that the amount of work done by an animal may be greater than can be accounted for by the ultimate metamorphosis of the azotized constituents of its food. W. B. Carpenter, in Corr. and Conserv. of Forces, p. 431. Organic compounds which contain nitrogen are frequently termed azotised substances. W. A. Miller , Elem, of Chem., § 339. IMG:content-1495.png:[graphic] IMG:content-1496.png:[blocks in formation] An azo to meter containing a concentrated solution of pota ium hydroxide where the nitrogen was measured. Amer . Jour . Sci ., 3d ser., XXX. 57. azotous (a-zō'tus), a. [