amyl nitrate

noun

1

: a colorless liquid ester C₅H₁₁NO₃ of amyl alcohol and nitric acid

2

: amyl nitrite

—not used technically

Examples of amyl nitrate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One was Thomas Lauder Brunton, a physician who, in the 1860s, discovered amyl nitrate’s ability to lower blood pressure upon inhalation, and began prescribing it to angina patients as a pain reliever. — Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025

Word spread that, in addition to being a remedy for heart pain, amyl nitrate produced a nice high that lasted generally more than 30 seconds, and generally less than a few minutes. — Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025

In Lynch’s festering neo-noir mystery from 1987, Hopper plays a chronic villain perpetually sipping from a tank of amyl nitrate and handing out hits as a way to manipulate his henchmen. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025

Some routines, especially the one in which Reverend Mother repeatedly sniffs amyl nitrate, then rolls about the floor in a stupor, are interminable. — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 23 Sep. 2019

Snyder didn’t send him to the hospital but instead treated him with amyl nitrate for angina; heparin, a blood thinner; and morphine for the pain. — Marc Siegel, Slate Magazine, 19 Jan. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1867, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for amyl nitrate

• abbreviate
• accelerate
• accommodate
• accumulate
• acuminate
• adjudicate
• adulterate
• affiliate
• agglomerate
• agglutinate
• alleviate
• amalgamate