| Nitrospan 
 
 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
 
 
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