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: ↑nitroglycerine, ↑trinitroglycerin, ↑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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.