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BITTER SALTS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bitter salts mean?
• BITTER SALTS (noun)
The noun BITTER SALTS has 1 sense:
1. hydrated magnesium sulfate that is taken orally to treat heartburn and constipation and injected to prevent seizures
Familiarity information: BITTER SALTS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hydrated magnesium sulfate that is taken orally to treat heartburn and constipation and injected to prevent seizures
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
bitter salts; Epsom salts
Hypernyms ("bitter salts" is a kind of...):
magnesium sulfate (a salt of magnesium)
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