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MICROCOSMIC SALT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does microcosmic salt mean?
• MICROCOSMIC SALT (noun)
The noun MICROCOSMIC SALT has 1 sense:
1. a white salt present in urine and used to test for metal oxides
Familiarity information: MICROCOSMIC SALT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A white salt present in urine and used to test for metal oxides
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("microcosmic salt" is a kind of...):
salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))
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