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).

synonyms: glyceryl trinitrate, nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, Nitrospan, trinitroglycerin.

Dutch: nitroglycerine
Polish: nitrogliceryna

Trade names for nitroglycerin used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris.

synonym: Nitrospan.