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Definition of Sal volatile
1. Noun. A solution of ammonium carbonate in ammonia water and alcohol.
Definition of Sal volatile
1. Noun. ammonium carbonate ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Sal volatile
1. A hydroalcoholic solution containing approximately 2% ammonia and 4% ammonium carbonate and the aromatics: lemon oil, lavender oil, and myristica oil. Used mainly by inhalation to produce reflex stimulation in persons who have fainted or are at risk of syncope. Synonym: sal volatile, smelling salts. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sal Volatile
Literary usage of Sal volatile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1871)
"ANALYSIS OF COMMERCIAL SAL-VOLATILE. ... whether any section of the public has
the slightest objection to the composition of the officinal sal-volatile. ..."
2. The Analyst by Society of Public Analysts (Great Britain). (1880)
"BF, for dispensing, but retail special preparations as sal volatile. Mr. Thresh had
also obtained samples of chloric ether and sal volatile from ..."
3. The Analyst (1879)
"BP, for dispensing, but retail special preparations as sal volatile. Mr. Thresh had
also obtained samples of chloric ether and sal volatile from ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1871)
"ANALYSIS OF COMMERCIAL SAL-VOLATILE. ... whether any section of the public has
the slightest objection to the composition of the officinal sal-volatile. ..."
5. The Analyst by Society of Public Analysts (Great Britain). (1880)
"BF, for dispensing, but retail special preparations as sal volatile. Mr. Thresh had
also obtained samples of chloric ether and sal volatile from ..."
6. The Analyst (1879)
"BP, for dispensing, but retail special preparations as sal volatile. Mr. Thresh had
also obtained samples of chloric ether and sal volatile from ..."
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