Epsom salts

Epsom salts

pl.n. (used with a sing. verb)

Hydrated magnesium sulfate, MgSO₄·7H₂O, used as a cathartic and as an agent to reduce inflammation.

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[After Epsom, former name of Epsom and Ewell, England.]

Epsom salts

n

(Medicine) (functioning as singular or plural) a medicinal preparation of hydrated magnesium sulphate, used as a purgative

[C18: named after Epsom, where they occur naturally in the water]

Ep·som salts

(ĕp′səm)

A bitter, colorless, crystalline salt, used in making textiles, in fertilizers, for medical purposes, and as an additive to bath water to soothe the skin. It consists of hydrated magnesium sulfate.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Epsom salts - hydrated magnesium sulfate that is taken orally to treat heartburn and constipation and injected to prevent seizures bitter salts magnesium sulfate - a salt of magnesium
	2.	Epsom salts - (used with a singular noun) hydrated magnesium sulfate used as a laxative aperient, cathartic, physic, purgative - a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

Translations

Epsom salts

[ˈepsɒmˌsɔːlts] NPL → epsomita fsing

Epsom salts

pl → (Epsomer) Bittersalz nt