Noun: Nitrostat
- Trade name for nitroglycerin used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris
- Nitrospan
- A heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator
"The patient took Nitrostat tablets to relieve chest pain";
- nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin, glyceryl trinitrate, Nitrospan, nitro
Type of: nitrate, vasodilative, vasodilator
Part of: blasting gelatin, cordite, dynamite
Encyclopedia: Nitrostat