NITRO MANNITE

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 4

n. Nit-ro-ma2n'it. Syn.: a-hexone hex a nitrate, mannite nitrate. A substance, C6H8(NO3), forming shining acicular crystals insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol or ether, and exploding violently upon rubbing or percu ion. [B, 3, 270 (a, 38).] [s. 109]