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Epsom salts

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Epsom salts/epsəmˈsɔːlts/

▶plural noun crystals of hydrated magnesium sulphate used as a purgative.

– origin C18: named after the town of Epsom in Surrey, where the salts were first found occurring naturally.

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