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salt medical definition
noun
- A colorless or white crystalline solid, chiefly sodium chloride, used extensively as a food seasoning and preservative.
- A chemical compound replacing all or part of the hydrogen ions of an acid with metal ions or electropositive radicals.
- salts Any of various mineral salts, such as magnesium sulfate, sodium sulfate, or potassium sodium tartrate, used as laxatives or cathartics.
- salts Smelling salts.
- salts Epsom salts.
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