sodium hydrosulfite

noun

: a crystalline salt Na₂S₂O₄ made by reduction (as of sodium bisulfite or sulfur dioxide with zinc) and used as a reducing agent especially in dyeing, printing, and stripping textiles and as a bleaching agent; sodium dithionite

—not used systematically

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