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sal volatile

sal volatile noun: ammonium carbonate; especially a solution of this used to restore someone from a faint.

Noun

sal volatile (uncountable)

  1. Ammonium carbonate; especially a solution of this used to restore someone from a faint.
    • ... as for Miss Swartz, the rich woolly-haired mulatto from St. Kitt's, on the day Amelia went away, she was in such a passion of tears that they were obliged to send for Dr. Floss, and half tipsify her with sal volatile.1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 1, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC

sal volatile meaning in Tamil

sal volatile in Tamil

சல்வொலற்றைல்

Synonyms of sal volatile

Origin of sal volatile

From Latin sal volatile, literally "volatile salt".

Questions about sal volatile

What does sal volatile mean?
Sal volatile means ammonium carbonate; especially a solution of this used to restore someone from a faint.
What is sal volatile in Tamil?
Sal volatile in Tamil is சல்வொலற்றைல். See Sal volatile meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sal volatile?
Sal volatile is a noun.

Words near sal volatile in the dictionary

  1. sal prunella
  2. Sal Rei
  3. sal sac
  4. sal seignette
  5. sal soda
  6. sal volatile
  7. sal-
  8. sal-ammoniac
  9. sala
  10. sala set
  11. salaah

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