Taber's Medical Dictionary
1lime
(līm)
[Ult. fr L. limus, mud, mire]
Calcium oxide, CaO.
soda lime
A white granular substance consisting of a mixture of calcium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, or both. It is used to absorb carbon dioxide and as an absorbing compound in anesthesia.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "1lime." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773686/all/soda_lime.
1lime. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773686/all/soda_lime. Accessed May 5, 2025.
1lime. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773686/all/soda_lime
1lime [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 May 05]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773686/all/soda_lime.
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