Pharmacologic Substance
nitroprusside
Brand Names:
Nipride; Nitropress
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Definitions related to nitroprusside:
  • A powerful vasodilator used in emergencies to lower blood pressure or to improve cardiac function. It is also an indicator for free sulfhydryl groups in proteins.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (nitroferricyanide) Powerful vasodilator used in emergencies to lower blood pressure or to improve cardiac function, also used as an indicator for free sulfhydryl groups in proteins.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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