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milk of magnesia

 
noun
a milky white suspension in water of magnesium hydroxide, Mg (OH)2, used as an antacid or laxative.
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milk of magnesia
 
—n
a suspension of magnesium hydroxide in water, used as an antacid and laxative

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milk of magnesia
1880, proprietary name for white suspension of magnesium hydroxide in water, taken as an antacid, invented by U.S. chemist Charles Henry Phillips. Herbal or culinary preparations resembling milk had been similarly named (e.g. milk of almond) since c.1430.
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milk of magnesia n.
A milky white aqueous suspension of magnesium hydroxide used as an antacid and a laxative.

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