Rochelle powder


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Rochelle powder

(rɒˈʃɛl)
n
(Pharmacology) another name for Seidlitz powder
[C18: named after La Rochelle, French port]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Noun1.Rochelle powder - an effervescing salt containing sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt and tartaric acid; used as a cathartic
Seidlitz powder, Seidlitz powders
aperient, cathartic, physic, purgative - a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
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