seidlitz powder

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Noun Phrase

Seid=litz pow=der

WORDNET DICTIONARY

seidlitz powder(n = noun.substance) rochelle powder, seidlitz powders - an effervescing salt containing sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt and tartaric acid; used as a cathartic; Array

is a kind of aperient, cathartic, physic, purgative

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

Etymology

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

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