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subnitrate

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[suhb-nahy-treyt] / sʌbˈnaɪ treɪt /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a basic salt of nitric acid.


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Etymology

Origin of subnitrate

First recorded in 1795–1805; sub- + nitrate

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If the diarrhoea should persist, nitrate or oxide of silver, sulphate of copper, and subnitrate of bismuth in appropriate doses, given with a little opium, will all be found to be useful remedies.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

It is advisable in most cases to follow this with the following mixture: bicarbonate of soda one ounce, bismuth subnitrate one-half ounce, and salol one-quarter ounce.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.

A subnitrate of didymium is formed, and remains as an insoluble residue on extracting with hot water.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer

Chronic esophagitis is to be controlled by esophageal lavage, the regulation of the diet to liquefiable foods and the administration of bismuth subnitrate.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson

Therapeutics.—The subnitrate of bismuth is invaluable in certain cases of dyspepsia, and still more notably so in diarrhoea.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

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