Nitrostat
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| Noun | 1. | Nitrostat - 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) blasting gelatin - mixture of guncotton with nitroglycerin cordite - explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords dynamite - an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp Nitrospan, Nitrostat - trade names for nitroglycerin used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris vasodilative, vasodilator - a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels nitrate - any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) |
| 2. | Nitrostat - trade names for nitroglycerin used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris vasodilative, vasodilator - a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels glyceryl trinitrate, nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, Nitrospan, Nitrostat, trinitroglycerin - 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) |
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