magnesia
noun
a white, tasteless substance, magnesium oxide, MgO, used in medicine as an antacid and laxative.
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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However, my daughter-in-law who is an RN says that milk of magnesia is very hard on the kidneys.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
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
She distributed goggles, masks, first-aid supplies and milk of magnesia, which is diluted with water to ease the sting of tear gas.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 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
You can get absolutely anything you need in the stores: Breck Special Formulated Shampoo, Phillips’ milk of magnesia, Campbell’s tomato soup, honestly you name it!
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
The shock wave was felt some distance up the coast of the Magnesia region in the city of Volos.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2023
Since Wednesday, officials have ordered the evacuation of several communities in the hard-hit area of Magnesia, a coastal area north of Athens.
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
I like Milk of Magnesia and home remedies that really work.
From Time ● Oct. 24, 2017
Mr Vauquelin's analysis of these waters exhibits the presence of the carbonates of Lime, Iron, and Magnesia, and the subcarbonate of Lime, muriate of Soda, and some Silex.
From Memoranda on Tours and Touraine Including remarks on the climate with a sketch of the Botany And Geology of the Province also on the Wines and Mineral Waters of France by J. H. Holdsworth
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