SEIDLITZ POWDER


Meaning of SEIDLITZ POWDER in English

n. (US Seidlitz powders) a laxative medicine of two powders mixed separately with water and then poured together to effervesce.

[ named with ref. to the mineral water of Seidlitz in Bohemia ]

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