Epsom salts

Signification (Anglais)

magnesium sulfate, used as a laxative and in the preparation of tofu as a coagulator, and formerly as a medicated soaking solution.

Concepts

sel d’Epsom

Étymologie (Anglais)

Named after Epsom in Surrey, England; the town had a spring which gave forth bitter saline water containing the compound.

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