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SMELLING SALT

\smˈɛlɪŋ sˈɒlt], \smˈɛlɪŋ sˈɒlt], \s_m_ˈɛ_l_ɪ_ŋ s_ˈɒ_l_t]\

Definitions of SMELLING SALT

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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aromatized ammonium carbonate.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Any pungent volatile s., particularly ammonium carbonate, used by inhalation as a respiratory and cardiac stimulant.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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