PENTAERYTHRITOL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does pentaerythritol mean?

• PENTAERYTHRITOL (noun)
The noun PENTAERYTHRITOL has 1 sense:

1. a coronary vasodilator (trade name Peritrate) used to treat angina pectoris

Familiarity information: PENTAERYTHRITOL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PENTAERYTHRITOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A coronary vasodilator (trade name Peritrate) used to treat angina pectoris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pentaerythritol; Peritrate

Hypernyms ("pentaerythritol" is a kind of...):

vasodilative; vasodilator (a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels)

Context examples

Pentaerythritol tetranitrate releases free nitric oxide (NO) after denitration reaction, which triggers NO-dependent signaling transduction involving soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC).

(Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate, NCI Thesaurus)

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