nitrospan
Nouns
- (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) glyceryl trinitrate, nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, Nitrostat, trinitroglycerin,
- (n) trade names for nitroglycerin used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris Nitrostat,