SEIDLITZ POWDERS


Meaning of SEIDLITZ POWDERS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsed-ləts- ]

noun plural

Etymology: Sedlitz (Sedlčany), village in Bohemia; from the similarity of their effect to that of the water of the village

Date: 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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