glyceryl trinitrate

Noun

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)

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Synonyms

nitroglycerin nitroglycerine trinitroglycerin Nitrospan Nitrostat ISDN GTN ng MHN glyceryl ester pentaerythritol tetranitrate isosorbide dinitrate mannitol hexanitrate cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine glycerol trinitrate

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Hypernyms

nitrate vasodilator vasodilative

Close letter words and terms

glyceryl behenate glyceryl ester glyceryl monooleate glyceryl tristearate glycid glycidamide