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Epsom salts
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What's The Definition Of Epsom salts?
[n] hydrated magnesium sulfate used as a laxative
[n] hydrated magnesium sulfate that is taken orally to treat heartburn and constipation and injected to prevent seizures Synonyms | Synonyms for Epsom salts: bitter salts Related Terms | Find terms related to Epsom salts: See Also | aperient | cathartic | magnesium sulfate | physic | purgative Epsom salts In Webster's Dictionary \Ep"som salts`\ or salt \salt`\ (Med.)
Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; --
originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at
Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from
sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous
hydrate of magnesia.
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