Nitroglycerin
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| Nitroglycerin | |
|---|---|
| Term | Nitroglycerin |
| Short definition | Nitroarginine - (pronounced) (NY-troh-AR-jih-neen) form of the amino acid arginine. An amino acid is a protein building block. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
Nitroglycerin - (pronounced) (NY-troh-GLIH-seh-rin) In medicine, a substance used as a drug to treat certain heart conditions and to widen the openings in blood vessels. Nitroglycerin is being studied to make chemotherapy work better by making tumor cells more sensitive to the drugs. It's a kind of vasodilator
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