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soda lime

–noun
a mixture of sodium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide.

Origin:
1860–65


soda-lime, adjective
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Main Entry: soda lime
Function: noun
: a granular mixture of calcium hydroxide with sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide or both used to absorb moisture and acid gasesand especially carbon dioxide (as in gas masks, in the rebreathing technique of inhalation anesthesia, and in oxygen therapy)
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soda lime n.
A mixture of calcium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide used to absorb carbon dioxide in rebreathing apparatus and in anesthesia circuits.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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