nitroglycerin

See also: Nitroglycerin and nitroglycerín

English

Etymology

From nitro- +‎ glycerin.

Noun

nitroglycerin (usually uncountable, plural nitroglycerins)

1. Alternative spelling of nitroglycerine
   • 1977 April 2, “Giant Crabs Infest West Coast”, in Gay Community News, page 1:

     Officials in San Bernardino, California, report what is feared to be one of the most uneradicable dangers to gay people yet: the armoured crab. Armoured crabs […] are impervious to not only traditional commercial remedies but to unorthodox cures as well, such as sand blasting, nitroglycerin, and plastic surgery.

   • 1998, Alvaro Morales, editor, Erectile Dysfunction: Issues in Current Pharmacotherapy, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 107:

     The observation that topical application of nitroglycerin to the penis may lead to erection adequate for sexual intercourse (Talley and Crawley 1985) has stimulated several investigations on the efficacy of this potential mode of treatment of erectile dysfunction.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɪtroɡlɪt͡sɛrɪn]
• IPA^(key): [ˈnɪtroɡlɪt͡sɛriːn]

Noun

nitroglycerin m inan

1. nitroglycerine

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “nitroglycerin”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “nitroglycerin”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Swedish

Noun

nitroglycerin n

1. (organic chemistry) nitroglycerin

Declension

Declension of nitroglycerin

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	nitroglycerin	nitroglycerins
	definite	nitroglycerinet	nitroglycerinets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

See also

• dynamit (“dynamite”)

References

• nitroglycerin in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• nitroglycerin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• nitroglycerin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH