calcium hydroxide

noun

Definition of CALCIUM HYDROXIDE

: a white crystalline strong alkali Ca(OH)₂ that is used especially to make mortar and plaster and to soften water

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circa 1889

Medical Dictionary

noun

: a strong alkali Ca(OH)₂ commonly sold in water solution or as an ingredient of bleaching powder—see limewater, soda lime

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