nitroglycerine

Noun
  1. 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) (synset 114910730)
    is a type 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)
    substance meronym:
    • 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
    same as: glyceryl trinitrate, nitroglycerin, nitrospan, nitrostat, trinitroglycerin

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