Medical Dictionary

Seignette salt

noun Sei·gnette salt

Medical Definition of SEIGNETTE SALT

Biographical Note for SEIGNETTE SALT

Sei·gnette \se-nʸet\ Pierre (1660–1719), French pharmacist. Seignette first prepared potassium sodium tartrates in 1672. Ten years later he introduced Seignette salt as a laxative.

Variants of SEIGNETTE SALT

Sei·gnette salt or Seignette's salt \sen-ˈyet(s)-\

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