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Noun: Seidlitz powder
  1. An effervescing salt containing sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt and tartaric acid; used as a cathartic
    - Seidlitz powders, Rochelle powder

Derived forms: Seidlitz powders

Type of: aperient, cathartic, physic [archaic], purgative

Encyclopedia: Seidlitz powder