- 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)
--1 is a kind of nitrate; vasodilator, vasodilative
--1 is a substance ofblasting gelatin; cordite; dynamite; Nitrospan, Nitrostat