Meaning of EPSOM SALTS
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | bitter salts |
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| | See Also: | | aperient, cathartic, magnesium sulfate, physic, purgative | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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