microcosmic salt

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   a white salt present in urine and used to test for metal oxides

   Broadersalt

Questions about microcosmic salt

What does microcosmic salt mean?

microcosmic salt means "a white salt present in urine and used to test for metal oxides".

Is microcosmic salt a common word?

microcosmic salt is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.