nitroglycerine
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1. 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) (noun.substance)
hypernym | : | nitrate, |
definition | : | any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) (noun.substance) |
substance meronym | : | blasting gelatin, |
definition | : | mixture of guncotton with nitroglycerin (noun.artifact) |
substance meronym | : | cordite, |
definition | : | explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords (noun.artifact) |
substance meronym | : | dynamite, |
definition | : | an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp (noun.artifact) |
substance meronym | : | nitrospan, nitrostat, |
definition | : | trade names for nitroglycerin used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris (noun.artifact) |
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