nitrospan
1. [ noun ] (chemistry,medicine,pharmacology) 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: nitroglycerine trinitroglycerin glyceryl_trinitrate nitrostat nitroglycerin
Related terms: compound nitrate vasodilator dynamite cordite blasting_gelatin trade_name
2. [ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) trade names for nitroglycerin used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris
Synonyms: Nitrostat
Related terms: vasodilator nitroglycerin
Similar spelling:   nitrous
  Nidaros
  nitrogen
  Nitrosomonas
  Nitrostat
  nitrogenous
  nitrogenize
  nitrogenise
  nitrogenase