smelling salt

English

Noun

smelling salt (plural smelling salts)

(usually in the plural) ammonium carbonate, sometimes with added perfume, that is inhaled as a mild irritant to the mucous membranes, to help restore consciousness.
Any material used in this way.

Translations

ammonium carbonate when used to restore consciousness

Afrikaans: vlugsout
Danish: lugtesalt n
Dutch: vlugzout (nl) n
Finnish: hajusuola
French: sels (fr) m pl
German: Riechsalz (de) n
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Norwegian:
Bokmål: luktsalt n
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Swedish: luktsalt n

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