sodium : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
  blue; blue angel; Amytal; blue devil.
  

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• noun a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Voltaren) that is administered only orally
  Voltaren.
  

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• noun a diet that limits the intake of salt (sodium chloride); often used in treating hypertension or edema or certain other disorders
  salt-free diet; low-salt diet.
  

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• noun a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Meclomen) used to treat arthritis
  meclofenamate; Meclomen.
  

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• noun toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis
  methotrexate; amethopterin.
  

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• noun a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen) that fights pain and inflammation
  Aleve; Aflaxen; Anaprox.
  

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• noun a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic
  pentobarbital; yellow jacket; Nembutal.
  

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• noun a double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic
  Rochelle salt; Rochelle salts.
  

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• noun barbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions
  Seconal; secobarbital; red devil.
  

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• an alloy of sodium and mercury, usually produced as a gray metallic crystalline substance, which is used as a reducing agent, and otherwise.

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• noun a white crystalline salt used as a food preservative and antiseptic
  benzoate of soda.
  

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• noun a white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid
  baking soda; sodium bicarbonate; saleratus; bicarbonate of soda.
  

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• a white crystalline substance, HNaCO3, with a slight alkaline taste resembling that of sodium carbonate. It is found in many mineral springs and also produced artificially,. It is used in cookery, in baking powders, and as a source of carbonic acid gas (carbon dioxide) for soda water. Called also cooking soda, saleratus, and technically, acid sodium carbonate, primary sodium carbonate, sodium dicarbonate, etc.

Webster 1913

• noun a red-orange salt used as a mordant
  sodium bichromate.
  

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• noun a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
  sal soda; washing soda; soda ash; soda.
  

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• a white crystalline substance, Na2CO3.10H2O, having a cooling alkaline taste, found in the ashes of many plants, and produced artifically in large quantities from common salt. It is used in making soap, glass, paper, etc., and as alkaline agent in many chemical industries. Called also sal soda, washing soda, or soda. Cf. Sodium bicarbonate, above and Trona.

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• noun a gummy substance that is a sodium salt of carboxymethyl cellulose; used as a thickening or emulsifying agent
  

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• noun a colorless salt (NaClO3) used as a weed killer and an antiseptic
  

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• noun a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl)
  common salt.
  

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• common, or table, salt, NaCl.

Webster 1913

• noun a white poisonous salt (NaCN) used in electroplating
  

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• noun a red-orange salt used as a mordant
  sodium bichromate.
  

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• noun a light-colored crystalline powder (trade name Merthiolate) used as a surgical antiseptic
  thimerosal; Merthiolate.
  

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• noun a colorless crystalline salt of sodium (NaF) used in fluoridation of water and to prevent tooth decay
  

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• noun a flammable grey crystalline binary compound (NaH)
  

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• noun a white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid
  baking soda; sodium bicarbonate; saleratus; bicarbonate of soda.
  

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• noun a strongly alkaline caustic used in manufacturing soap and paper and aluminum and various sodium compounds
  caustic soda.
  

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• a white opaque brittle solid, NaOH, having a fibrous structure, produced by the action of quicklime, or of calcium hydrate (milk of lime), on sodium carbonate. It is a strong alkali, and is used in the manufacture of soap, in making wood pulp for paper, etc. Called also sodium hydrate, and caustic soda. By extension, a solution of sodium hydroxide.

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• noun an unstable salt (NaOCl) used as a bleaching agent and disinfectant
  

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• noun a crystalline salt used like potassium iodide
  

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• noun a caustic detergent useful for removing grease; although commonly included in personal care items (shampoos and toothpastes etc.) it can irritate skin and should not be swallowed
  sodium lauryl sulfate; SLS.
  

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• noun a caustic detergent useful for removing grease; although commonly included in personal care items (shampoos and toothpastes etc.) it can irritate skin and should not be swallowed
  sodium lauryl sulfate; SLS.
  

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• noun (NaNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive
  soda niter.
  

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• noun nitrite used to preserve and color food especially in meat and fish products; implicated in the formation of suspected carcinogens
  

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• noun phosphate of sodium; used as a laxative to cleanse the bowels
  sodium orthophosphate.
  

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• noun phosphate of sodium; used as a laxative to cleanse the bowels
  sodium orthophosphate.
  

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• noun a sodium salt of pyrophosphoric acid used as a builder in soaps and detergents
  tetrasodium pyrophosphate.
  

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• noun a crystalline salt used as an analgesic and antipyretic
  

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• noun a viscous glass consisting of sodium silicate in solution; used as a cement or as a protective coating and to preserve eggs
  soluble glass; water glass.
  

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• noun a solid white bitter salt used in manufacturing glass and paper and dyes and pharmaceuticals
  sodium sulfate.
  

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• noun a solid white bitter salt used in manufacturing glass and paper and dyes and pharmaceuticals
  sodium sulfate.
  

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• noun a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative
  phenobarbitone; purple heart; phenobarbital; Luminal.
  

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• noun a compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing
  hypo; sodium thiosulfate.
  

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• noun a compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing
  hypo; sodium thiosulfate.
  

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• noun a sodium salt of triphosphoric acid used as a builder in soaps and detergents
  

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• noun lamp in which an electric current passed through a tube of sodium vapor makes a yellow light; used is street lighting
  sodium-vapor lamp.
  

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• noun lamp in which an electric current passed through a tube of sodium vapor makes a yellow light; used is street lighting
  sodium-vapor lamp.
  

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• noun barbiturate that is a hygroscopic powder (trade name Pentothal) that is a strong barbiturate that acts rapidly; induces a relaxed state when injected as a general anesthetic
  thiopental; thiopental sodium; Pentothal.
  

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• noun barbiturate that is a hygroscopic powder (trade name Pentothal) that is a strong barbiturate that acts rapidly; induces a relaxed state when injected as a general anesthetic
  thiopental; thiopental sodium; Pentothal.
  

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• noun a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Tolectin)
  Tolectin.
  

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• noun the tertiary phosphate of sodium used as a builder in soaps and detergents
  trisodium orthophosphate; trisodium phosphate.
  

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