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/ˈæzətaɪz/
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Past Tense
azotized
Past Participle
azotized
Gerund
azotizing
3rd Person
azotizes
Azotizes is a scientific verb meaning to introduce or combine nitrogen (especially in the form of ammonia or nitrates) into a compound or substance — commonly used in chemistry and agriculture to describe how nitrogen enters soils, proteins, or synthetic materials. For example, when legume plants host bacteria in their roots, those microbes azotize atmospheric nitrogen into usable fertilizer for the plant.
Certain soil bacteria azotizes atmospheric nitrogen, converting it into ammonia that plants can absorb.
The industrial Haber process azotizes hydrogen and nitrogen under high pressure to produce ammonia.
This enzyme helps azotizes amino groups during protein synthesis in living cells.
Farmers rely on cover crops that naturally azotize the soil before planting cash crops.
Without nitrogen-fixing microbes, most ecosystems would struggle to azotize enough nitrogen to sustain plant life.
azot
Comes from the French 'azote' (coined by Antoine Lavoisier from Greek 'a-' (without) + 'zōē' (life)), meaning 'nitrogen', literally 'lifeless' — because nitrogen gas does not support combustion or respiration. The root reflects the element's inert, non-vital nature in biological contexts. Examples include azote, azotic, azotize, azotization, hydrazine, azide.