mannitol hexanitrate: Meaning and Definition of

man'nitol hexani'trate

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. a colorless, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, CHNO, used as a fulminating agent in percussion caps and in the treatment of hypertension and coronary insufficiency. Also called
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.