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trinitrate

trinitrate

1 9.6
A chemical that contains three nitrate groups
  • noun
  • /ˈtraɪnɪˌtreɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : trinitrato
  • After the heart surgery, the patient was given glyceryl trinitrate to improve blood flow.
  • glyceryl trinitrate
  • intravenous glyceryl trinitrate
  • trinitrate group

Examples

  • The systolic blood pressure fell significantly in both groups, but the drop was greater in the glyceryl trinitrate group (T=60 and 180 min).

    Academic text (1995)
  • Continuous perfusion of glyceryl trinitrate was started at an initial rate of 1.5 mg/h.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Since our study was to be double-blind, the dose of glyceryl trinitrate had to be fixed.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Of the remaining 121 patients, 60 received diltiazem, and 61 were given glyceryl trinitrate.

    Academic text (1995)
  • 42 patients (15 diltiazem, 27 glyceryl trinitrate) did not complete the full 48-hour treatment period.

    Academic text (1995)
  • If systolic blood pressure was above 180 mm Hg, 1 mg intravenous glyceryl trinitrate was administered.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Glyceryl trinitrate dermal patch, 5 mg, for 7 days (n = 2000), or no patch (n = 2011), covered with gauze dressing.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The proportion of patients with refractory angina and myocardial infarction among those treated with intravenous glyceryl trinitrate as primary therapy was assumed to be 40%.

    Academic text (1995)
  • In patients with acute stroke and high blood pressure, glyceryl trinitrate did not improve functional outcome or increase the risk of serious adverse events. Continuing use of antihypertensive medications did not improve functional outcome or increase the risk of serious adverse events compared with stopping antihypertensive medications.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The doctor prescribed glyceryl trinitrate to help relieve her chest pain during an angina attack.

Compounds

glyceryl trinitrate
  • Specialized
6.6

A strong chemical used as a medicine to relieve chest pain and in explosives

How Nitrated

trinitrate
  • Specialized
1 9.6
dinitrate
  • Specialized
1 7.9
mononitrate
  • Specialized
8.1

Surface Forms

trinitrate singular
trinitrates plural

Morphology

trinitrate = nitrate (transparent) = tri + nitrate

A straightforward technical noun formed by adding the prefix 'tri-' to 'nitrate' to denote three nitrate groups.

Etymology

Trinitrate as a noun names a chemical compound with three nitrate parts; think of tri- 'three' as in triangle, and you remember it means a compound that has three nitrate groups.