Medical Dictionary
sodium carbonate
noun
Medical Definition of SODIUM CARBONATE
: a sodium salt of carbonic acid used especially in making soaps and chemicals, in water softening, in cleaning and bleaching, and in photography: as a : a hygroscopic crystalline anhydrous strongly alkaline salt Na2CO3 b : washing soda
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