SEIDLITZ POWDERS


Meaning of SEIDLITZ POWDERS in English

[Seid.litz powders] n pl [Sedlitz, (Sedlcany), village in Bohemia; fr. the similarity of their effect to that of the water of the village] (1815): effervescing salts consisting of one powder of sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt and another of tartaric acid that are mixed in water and drunk as a mild cathartic

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