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Definition of Effervescent

1. Adjective. Used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide. "Sparkling water"

2. Adjective. (of a liquid) giving off bubbles.

3. Adjective. Marked by high spirits or excitement. "A row of sparkly cheerleaders"

Definition of Effervescent

1. a. Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement of gas

Definition of Effervescent

1. Adjective. (context: of a liquid) Giving off bubbles; fizzy. ¹

2. Adjective. Vivacious and enthusiastic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Effervescent

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Effervescent

1. 1. Boiling; bubbling; effervescing. 2. Causing to effervesce, as an effervescent powder. 3. Tending to effervesce when freed from pressure, as an effervescent solution. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Effervescent

efferent nerve efferent neuron efferent pathways efferent vessel efferently efferents efferes effering efferous effervesce

effervesced effervescence effervescences effervescencies effervescency effervescent (current term) effervescent lithium citrate effervescent magnesium citrate effervescent magnesium sulfate effervescent salts

effervescent sodium phosphate effervescently effervesces effervescible effervescing effervescingly effervescive effet effete

Literary usage of Effervescent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Pharmacy for Students and Pharmacists by Charles Caspari, Evander Francis Kelly (1920)
"GRANULAR effervescent SALTS. THE administration of remedial agents in the form of effervescent draughts has become quite popular during the past thirty ..."

2. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1899)
"60, and " tabloid" effervescent sodium sulphate, gr. 60. ... This preparation represents the effervescent caffein citrate of the BP, 1898, and contains two ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1875)
"Mr. RV Mattison read an essay on Granulated effervescent Powders, in answer to Query 39 (see page 368). THE SECRETARY.—I feel not altogether satisfied with ..."

4. The Qualitative Analysis of Medicinal Preparations by Henry Corbin Fuller (1920)
"effervescent PREPARATIONS AND ARTIFICIAL MINERAL WATER SALTS effervescent ... An aqueous solution of an effervescent preparation should be acidulated with ..."

5. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"A type of these oils is the effervescent cod liver oil prepared by impregnating cod liver oil with carbonic acid, in order to render the oil more ..."

6. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1872)
"... Charles S. Eaton, Pianos and Organs John G. Hodge & Co., Stationers, . . Baker & Hamilton, " Excelsior Lawn M Tarrant's effervescent Seltzer Aperient. ..."

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