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)
• Syn: ↑nitroglycerin, ↑nitroglycerine, ↑glyceryl trinitrate, ↑Nitrospan, ↑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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\\“+\ nounEtymology: trinitr- + glycerin
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/truy nuy'troh glis"euhr in/, n. Chem.
nitroglycerin.
[1860-65; TRINITRO- + GLYCERIN]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.