Akademik

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)

• Syn: ↑nitroglycerin, ↑nitroglycerine, ↑trinitroglycerin, ↑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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noun

: nitroglycerin

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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

Useful english dictionary. 2012.