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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Ep′som salt′, - Chemistry, DrugsOften, Epsom salts. hydrated magnesium sulfate, MgSO4·7H2O, occurring as small colorless crystals: used in fertilizers, the dyeing of fabrics, leather tanning, etc., and in medicine chiefly as a cathartic.
- 1760–70; after Epsom; so called from its presence in the local mineral water
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