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 | nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin, glyceryl trinitrate, Nitrospan, Nitrostat |
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Broader | nitrate | Any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) |
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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 |
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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 |
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Catalan | nitroglicerina |
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