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glyceryl trinitrate

DEFINITIONS OF: glyceryl trinitrate

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n 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)

Synonyms:
Nitrospan, Nitrostat, nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin
Type of:
vasodilative, vasodilator
a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels
nitrate
any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
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