| 单词 | amyl nitrate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasamyl nitrate amyl nitrate n. (a) a colourless liquid, C5H11NO3, added to diesel fuel to increase the cetane number; (b) = amyl nitrite n. at Additions below. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations for treating specific parts > [noun] > for blood vessels amyl nitrate1911 pentaerythritol tetranitrate1923 tolazoline1952 antidiuretic hormone1961 vasodepressor1961 vasopressor1964 thymoxamine1965 1857 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. XI. 65 Nitrate of amyl burns with a faint green-edged flame.] 1911 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Amyl nitrate, a yellowish oily volatile liquid, C5H11NO2, used in medicine as a heart stimulant and a vasodilator. The inhalation of its vapor instantly produces flushing of the face. 1927 Jrnl. Inst. Petroleum Technologists 13 Amyl nitrate and nitrite..according to Midgley are pro-knock. 1968 ‘A. Diment’ Bang Bang Birds viii. 142 That Amyl Nitrate, that's dynamite, man. 1979 S. Wilson Glad Hand I. i. 10 Oh, Christ! Who's on amyl nitrate? Or have you all just forgotten to change your socks? 1982 Oil & Gas Jrnl. 31 May 93/3 A number of diesel-ignition improvers..have been commercially available..and include the following compounds: isopropyl nitrate..amyl nitrate. 1989 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 10 June 1566/2 Amyl nitrate is no longer used as a coronary vasodilator but is often abused for ‘recreational’ purposes by sniffing. < as lemmas |
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