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.

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

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Epsom salts

(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]

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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.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

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

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Epsom salts

pl → (Epsomer) Bittersalz nt

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Sour, starchy individuals, who all the rest of the day go about looking as if they lived on vinegar and Epsom salts, break out into wreathed smiles after dinner, and exhibit a tendency to pat small children on the head and to talk to them--vaguely--about sixpences.

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He is a very nice boy, my Lord, but he is not acquainted with drugs; and I know that the prevailing impression on his mind is, that Epsom salts means oxalic acid; and syrup of senna, laudanum.

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