| 词汇 | alka-seltzer |
| 词源 | Alka-Seltzer. A Miles Laboratory trademark, Alka-Seltzer, an antacid taken for the relief of an upset stomach or a head- ache, was coined from alkaline, the opposite of acid, and seltzer water (from the medicinal mineral water at Neider-Selters in Germany). Seltzer was suggested by the effervescense of the an- algesic preparation. |
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