Epsom salt: Meaning and Definition of

Ep'som salt"

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  1. Often,hydrated magnesium sulfate, MgSO&multiplydot;7HO, occurring as small colorless crystals: used in fertilizers, the dyeing of fabrics, leather tanning, etc., and in medicine chiefly as a cathartic.
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