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Calcium Carbonate
Medical Definition: | Carbonic acid calcium salt (CaCO3). An odorless, tasteless powder or crystal that occurs in nature. It is used therapeutically as a phosphate buffer in hemodialysis patients and as a calcium supplement. | |
Guide Notes: | occurs in nature as chalk, limestone or marble; used in med as a buffer in hemodialysis | |
Also Called: | Milk of Calcium,Aragonite,Calcite,Chalk,Limestone,Marble,Vaterite | |
CAS Type 1 Name: | CAS Number: | 471-34-1 |
Calcium Carbonate Medical Definitions and Terms
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