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EPSOM SALT

\ˈɛpsəm sˈɒlt], \ˈɛpsəm sˈɒlt], \ˈɛ_p_s_ə_m s_ˈɒ_l_t]\

Definitions of EPSOM SALT

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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magnesium sulphate.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

See magnesium sulphate.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; â€”from Epsom, England.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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