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Glauber's salt

Syllabification: (Glau·ber's salt)
Pronunciation: /ˈgloubərz/

Definition of Glauber's salt

noun

(also Glauber's salts)
  • a crystalline hydrated form of sodium sulfate, used chiefly as a laxative.

Origin:

mid 18th century: named after Johann R. Glauber (1604–1668), the German chemist who first produced the substance artificially

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