glyceryl trinitrate

glyceryl trinitrate
noun
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)
Usage Domain: ↑trade name (for: ↑Nitrostat), ↑trade name (for: ↑Nitrospan)
Hypernyms: ↑nitrate, ↑vasodilator, ↑vasodilative
Substance Holonyms: ↑blasting gelatin, ↑cordite, ↑dynamite, ↑Nitrospan, ↑Nitrostat

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noun

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/truy nuy"trayt/
nitroglycerin.
[1890-95; TRI- + NITRATE]

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glyceryl trinitrate same as ↑nitroglycerine (see under ↑nitro-).
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Main Entry:glycerine

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