nitroheterocyclic adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Describing a heterocyclic compound that contains one or more nitro groupFor the last 40 years, the nitroheterocyclic compounds benznidazole and nifurtimox have been the only drugs available to treat Chagas disease ( 4, 5 ). — 2015 noun1 •Any such heterocycle formsnitroheterocyclics