#dilator a drug that causes dilation
supertype: #drug a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
subtype: #vasodilator__vasodilative a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels
subtype: #amyl_nitrate a vasodilator that is sometimes used to treat angina pectoris
subtype: #butyl_nitrite__butylnitrite__isobutyl_nitrite a colorless pungent liquid sometimes used as a stimulant drug by drug abusers
subtype: #diazoxide__Hyperstat vasodilator (trade name Hyperstat) used to treat severe hypertension
subtype: #hydralazine__Apresoline an antihypertensive drug (trade name Apresoline) that dilates blood vessels; used (often with a diuretic) to treat hypertension and congestive heart failure
subtype: #minoxidil__Loniten__Rogaine a vasodilator (trade name Loniten) used to treat severe hypertension; one side effect is hirsutism so it is also sold (trade name Rogaine) as a treatment for male-patterned baldness
subtype: #Nitrospan__Nitrostat trade names for nitroglycerin used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris
subtype: #pentaerythritol__Peritrate a coronary vasodilator (trade name Peritrate) used to treat angina pectoris
subtype: #tolazoline vasodilator that is used to treat spasms of peripheral blood vessels (as in acrocyanosis)
subtype: #nitroglycerin__nitroglycerine__trinitroglycerin__glyceryl_trinitrate__glyceryltrinitrate__Nitrospan__Nitrostat a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat)
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