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: nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin, Nitrospan, Nitrostat
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