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glyceryl trinitrate

American

[trahy-nahy-treyt] / traɪˈnaɪ treɪt /

noun

nitroglycerin.

glyceryl trinitrate British

noun

another name for nitroglycerine

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Etymology

Origin of glyceryl trinitrate

First recorded in 1890–95; tri- + nitrate

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