noun
1. 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, ↑glyceryl trinitrate, ↑Nitrostat
• Usage Domain: ↑trade name (for: ↑Nitrostat), ↑trade name
• Hypernyms: ↑nitrate, ↑vasodilator, ↑vasodilative
• Substance Holonyms: ↑blasting gelatin, ↑cordite, ↑dynamite, ↑Nitrostat
2. trade names for nitroglycerin used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris
• Syn: ↑Nitrostat
• Hypernyms: ↑vasodilator, ↑vasodilative
• Substance Meronyms: ↑nitroglycerin, ↑nitroglycerine, ↑trinitroglycerin, ↑glyceryl trinitrate, ↑Nitrostat
Useful english dictionary. 2012.