trinitroglycerin

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 glyceryl trinitrate Nitrospan Nitrostat RDX ISDN GTN PETN ng MHN NTG pentaerythritol tetranitrate isosorbide dinitrate isosorbide mononitrate
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Hypernyms

nitrate vasodilator vasodilative

Close letter words and terms

trinitrocellulose trinitrocresol trinitrofluorenone trinitroglycerine trinitromethane trinitrophenol