Associations to the word «Nitrostat»

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Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats