Taber's Medical Dictionary
saltpeter, saltpetre
(salt′pēt′ĕr )
[L. sal petrae, salt of rock]
A common name for potassium nitrate.
CAS # 7757-79-1
Chile saltpeter
A common name for sodium nitrate, NaNO3; a crystalline powder, saline in taste and soluble in water.
CAS # 7631-99-4
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Saltpeter, Saltpetre." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751336/all/Chile_saltpeter.
Saltpeter, saltpetre. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751336/all/Chile_saltpeter. Accessed April 14, 2025.
Saltpeter, saltpetre. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751336/all/Chile_saltpeter
Saltpeter, Saltpetre [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 14]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751336/all/Chile_saltpeter.
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