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nouna heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat)type of:
Definition that contains nitroglycerin
- dynamite an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp
- gelignite a type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate
- cordite explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords
- gelly a type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate
- nitrospan trade names for nitroglycerin used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris
- nitrostat trade names for nitroglycerin used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris
- blasting gelatin mixture of guncotton with nitroglycerin