NOUN | substance | Epsom salts, bitter salts | hydrated magnesium sulfate that is taken orally to treat heartburn and constipation and injected to prevent seizures |
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artifact | Epsom salts | (used with a singular noun) hydrated magnesium sulfate used as a laxative |
Meaning | hydrated magnesium sulfate that is taken orally to treat heartburn and constipation and injected to prevent seizures. | |
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Synonym | bitter salts | |
Broader | magnesium sulfate | A salt of magnesium |
Meaning | (used with a singular noun) hydrated magnesium sulfate used as a laxative. | |
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Broader | purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient | A purging medicine |
Usage of | plural, plural form | The form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
Spanish | epsomita | |
Catalan | sals angleses, sals d'Epson, sulfat de magnèsia |
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