Definition of epsom salts in English English dictionary
Common name for magnesium sulfate. Used as a laxative and in the preparation of tofu as a coagulator. Formerly commonly used as a medicated soaking solution
Epsom salts is a kind of white powder which you can mix with water and drink as a medicine to help you empty your bowels. Hydrated magnesium sulfate, MgSOO, used as a cathartic and as an agent to reduce inflammation. a white powder that can be mixed with water and used as a medicine (Epsom, town in southern England with a supply of water in which the substance was found)
{i} magnesium sulfate, crystalline powder taken in water (used as a laxative and to relieve inflammation)
hydrated magnesium sulfate used as a laxative hydrated magnesium sulfate that is taken orally to treat heartburn and constipation and injected to prevent seizures
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