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Used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat)
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nitroglycerin
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nitroglycerin \Ni`tro*glyc"er*in\, Nitroglycerine \Ni`tro*glyc"er*ine\(n[imac]`tr[-o]*gl[i^]s"[~e]r*[i^]n), n. [Nitro- + glycerin.] (Chem.) A liquid appearing like a heavy oil, colorless or yellowish, and consisting of a mixture of several glycerin salts ...
WordNet
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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) [syn: nitroglycerine , trinitroglycerin , glyceryl trinitrate , Nitrospan , ...
Wikipedia
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Nitroglycerin , also known as glyceryl trinitrate ( GTN ) is used for the treatment of chest pain presumed to be due to the heart and heart failure . It is similar to the chemical nitroglycerin as used for explosives. However, the drug is often referred ...
Wiktionary
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n. (alternative spelling of nitroglycerine English)
Usage examples of nitroglycerin.
When Garcia severed it, he tripped the detonator, which in turn caused an electrical charge to be sent to nitroglycerin charges concealed within the crossbeams of the suspension spans.
A person attempting to make this should use 92 percent nitroglycerin and 8 percent nitrocellulose, and pray.
Viciously, cruelly, brutally, she kept the pistol going like a whipsaw until, bleeding and dazed, Meyer Meyer collapsed, on the desk top, almost overturning the bottle of nitroglycerin.
Down the block was a drugstore, where she got more aspirin and a thermometer, cotton swabs and alcohol, and a bottle of nitroglycerin tablets.
It was another axiom of his philosophy that non-combination safes have keys, that most keys are in the possession of the owners of the safes, and, therefore, that the plodding felon who finds it necessary to pack nitroglycerin and oxyacetylene blowpipes in his overnight bag is usually deficient in strategic genius.
There was a shelf of medicine: digitalis, nitroglycerin, ampoules of amyl nitrite, Contact, Scope.
There was a shelf of medicine: digitalis, nitroglycerin, ampules of amyl nitrite, Contact, Scope.
The Swede mixed nitroglycerin with a base of a clay called kieselguhr, then packed them in a paper cartridge shaped like a blunt candle.