magnesia
noun
a white, tasteless substance, magnesium oxide, MgO, used in medicine as an antacid and laxative.
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magnesia
1 American
[mag-nee-zhuh, -shuh]
/ mægˈni ʒə, -ʃə /
noun
Magnesia
2
American
[mag-nee-shee-uh, -zhee-uh]
/ mægˈni ʃi ə, -ʒi ə /
noun
magnesia
British
/ mæɡˈniːʃə /
noun
magnesia
Scientific
/ măg-nē′zhə /
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of magnesia
1350–1400; Middle English: philosophers' stone < Medieval Latin magnēsia < Greek ( hē ) Magnēsía ( líthos ) (the stone) of Magnesia; sense development obscure
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If the diarrhea goes away and then returns after reintroducing topical applications of milk of magnesia, this remedy is not for you.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
Other women have reported treating underbreast rash with Cetaphil cleanser, hand sanitizer, dandruff shampoo, milk of magnesia or diaper rash ointment with zinc oxide.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
She and some of her classmates started bringing along basic first-aid supplies, like bandages, gauze, and mixtures of milk of magnesia and water to counteract tear gas.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2020
But then some people we’d never met saw us and said, we have some milk of magnesia.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2020
The purgante was her own concoction, a mixture of cod-liver oil and mugwort, milk of magnesia, and green papaya juice, sweetened to disguise the fishy, bitter, chalky taste.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
The worst area affected is the central coastal region of Magnesia, which meteorologists said had seen as much rainfall in 24 hours as it usually experienced during an entire autumn.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2023
The body of a 45-year-old shepherd was found in a rural area in the area of Magnesia on Wednesday, the fire brigade said.
From Reuters ● Jul. 27, 2023
In 190 BCE, Roman armies smashed the forces of Antiochus III at the Battle of Magnesia in western Asia Minor.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
My grandmother nearly poisoned herself when she mistakenly drank cleaning fluid, thinking it was Milk of Magnesia; both were milky fluids in blue bottles, and she could not read English.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2013
Magnesia, re-established according to Plato's fiction, consecrates to Apollo and Helius, κατὰ τὸν παλαιὸν νόμον, three men as an ἀκροθίνιον, ibid.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller
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