An agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity, especially in the stomach.
Counteracting or neutralizing acidity, especially in the stomach.
Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.
The envelope of reflected or refracted rays for a given curve.
Caustic soda.
The envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object.
Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.
Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.