A substance or device that removes nitrates from something.
From denitrate + -or (agent suffix). In chemistry, -or can refer to substances or devices that perform an action, not just people.
Chemistry borrowed the '-or' suffix from people-words ('teacher,' 'actor') and applied it to chemicals and machines—a denitritor is like a chemical 'actor' playing its role.
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