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Alt. of salt
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- Alt. of salt
- n. hydrated magnesium sulfate that is taken orally to treat heartburn and constipation and injected to prevent seizures
- n. (used with a singular noun) hydrated magnesium sulfate used as a laxative
- 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.