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Noun: nitro
  1. A heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator
    "The patient took nitro tablets to relieve chest pain";
    - nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin, glyceryl trinitrate, Nitrospan, Nitrostat
Combining form: nitro-  nI-trow
  1. Nitrate, nitrogen
     
  2. Containing the nitro functional group

Derived forms: nitros

Type of: nitrate, vasodilative, vasodilator

Part of: blasting gelatin, cordite, dynamite, Nitrospan, Nitrostat

Encyclopedia: Nitro, West Virginia

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