| NOUN | substance | glyceryl trinitrate, nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin, Nitrospan, Nitrostat | a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid / liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol |
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| Meaning | A heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid / liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan / Nitrospan and Nitrostat / Nitrostat). | |
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| Synonyms | nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin, Nitrospan, Nitrostat | |
| Broader | nitrate | Any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) |
| vasodilator, vasodilative | A drug that causes dilation of blood vessels | |
| Substance of | Nitrospan, Nitrostat | trade names for nitroglycerin used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris |
| blasting gelatin | mixture of guncotton with nitroglycerin | |
| cordite | explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords | |
| dynamite | An explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp | |
| Spanish | nitroglicerina | |
| Catalan | nitroglicerina | |
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