Noun: Epsom salts
- Hydrated magnesium sulphate that is taken orally to treat heartburn and constipation and injected to prevent seizures
"The doctor prescribed Epsom salts to alleviate her constipation";
- bitter salts
- (used with a singular noun) hydrated magnesium sulphate used as a laxative
Type of: aperient, cathartic, magnesium sulfate, physic [archaic], purgative
Encyclopedia: Epsom salts