trinitroglycerin

Definitions of trinitroglycerin
  1. 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)
    synonyms: Nitrospan, Nitrostat, glyceryl trinitrate, nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine
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    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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