Meaning & use
sal
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An old term for salt, chiefly surviving in compound chemical and pharmaceutical names such as "sal volatile" (smelling salts) and "sal ammoniac" (ammonium chloride).
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The apothecary kept a bottle of sal volatile on hand for fainting spells.
Sal ammoniac was once widely used in soldering and dyeing.
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"Sal" is Latin for "salt" and survives today mainly in old chemical and pharmaceutical names rather than as a standalone word.
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