Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nitrospan

2 senses of nitrospan

Sense 1
nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin, glyceryl trinitrate, Nitrospan, 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))
       => nitrate -- (any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid))
       => vasodilator, vasodilative -- (a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels)

Sense 2
Nitrospan, Nitrostat -- (trade names for nitroglycerin used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris)
       => vasodilator, vasodilative -- (a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels)