bath salts

plural noun

1
: a usually colored crystalline compound for perfuming and softening bathwater
2
: any of various synthetic illicit drugs with stimulant and sometimes hallucinogenic properties that are used (as by being injected or snorted) typically in the form of a white or brown crystalline powder

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Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of bath salts was in 1899

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“Bath salts.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bath%20salts. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

bath salts

noun plural
1
: a usually colored crystalline compound for perfuming and softening bathwater
2
: any of various synthetic, illicit, stimulant drugs that contain derivatives of cathinone (such as MDPV) and are typically sold as white or brown crystalline powders
Los Angeles County health officials warned Tuesday against the use of bath salts—the designer drug involved in a series of bizarre incidents and arrests—just one week after a new study charted a skyrocketing number of calls to U.S. poison control centers about the drug.Wesley Lowery, The Los Angeles Times
sometimes singular
Although the man was later proven to not be under the influence of bath salt, the incident nonetheless brought the drug national attention.Lauren McGaughy, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana)

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