Assertion: nitroglycerin | /r/Synonym | glyceryl trinitrate
Facets:
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
value: to prevent alarming patients
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Nitroglycerin is also called glyceryl trinitrate, is used to prevent attacks of chest pain (angina) caused by coronary artery disease (narrowing of the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart).
text: Nitroglycerin (glyceryl trinitrate): Drug information.
text: In pharmaceutical form, nitroglycerin (sometimes called glyceryl trinitrate, probably to prevent alarming patients) is used as a heart medication, which is unlike its unstable counterpart, as it cannot be rendered even slightly explosive.