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NITROGLYCERIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat)
Synonyms:
glyceryl trinitrate; nitroglycerin; nitroglycerine; Nitrospan; Nitrostat; trinitroglycerin
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nitroglycerin" is a kind of...):
vasodilative; vasodilator (a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels)
nitrate (any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid))
Holonyms ("nitroglycerin" is a substance of...):
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)
Nitrospan; Nitrostat (trade names for nitroglycerin used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris)
