milk of magnesia

Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Acronyms, Wikipedia

0.01 sec.

milk of magnesia, common name for the chemical compound magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH)₂. The viscous, white, mildly alkaline mixture that is used medicinally as an antacid and laxative is a suspension of approximately 8% magnesium hydroxide in water.

milk of magnesia

a suspension of magnesium hydroxide in water, used as an antacid and laxative

milk of magnesia [′milk əv mag′nē·zhə]

(pharmacology)

A white suspension of magnesium hydroxide in water; used as a cathartic. Also known as magnesia magma.

Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.

?Page tools

Printer friendly
Cite / link

Feedback

Mentioned in	?		References in periodicals archive	?		Encyclopedia browser	?		Full browser	?
No references found			His daughter Vicky described how he would drink milk of magnesia for chronic indigestion then jump up and down because he had forgotten to shake the bottle. Nobody tells 'em like Tommy by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) Twice within 48 hours, a nervous tension built slowly in my stomach that would normally have me reaching for the Milk of Magnesia. All aboard our emotion-packed rollercoaster; RED WATCH ANDY PROUDFOOT ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) A big hit, we understand, was the Milk Of Magnesia Sorbet. off the Record by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			Miliutenko, Dmitrii Emelianovich Miliutin, Dmitrii Miliutin, Dmitrii Alekseevich Miliutin, Georgii Miliutin, Georgii Sergeevich Miliutin, Nikolai Miliutin, Nikolai Aleksandrovich Miliutin, Nikolai Alekseevich Miliutin, Vladimir Miliutin, Vladimir Alekseevich Miliutin, Vladimir Pavlovich Milk milk bar Milk Clarifier Milk Cooler milk factor milk fever milk float Milk Formulas milk glass milk house milk intolerance milk leg milk line milk of lime milk of magnesia milk paint Milk Protein Level milk round milk snake Milk Stage milk sugar milk teeth milk tooth Milk Yield Milk, Harvey milk-alkali syndrome milk-drinker's syndrome Milken, Michael Milken, Michael R. Milken, Michael Robert milkiness Milking Milking Complex Milking Machine Milking Shorthorn cattle Milkman's syndrome Milko Kos Milkov, Fedor Milkov, Fedor Nikolaevich Milkweed			milk letdown failure milk line milk line milk line milk line milk line milk lipid milk lipid milk lipid milk lipid Milk Lipid Globule Membrane Milk Marketing Board Milk meats Milk men milk meter milk meter milk meter milk meter Milk mirror Milk molar Milk Nitrogen Efficiency Milk nurse Milk nurse Milk of amnesia Milk of bismuth milk of human kindness milk of human kindness Milk of lime Milk of lime Milk of lime milk of magnesia milk of sulfur Milk Out My Nose milk paint milk paint milk pan Milk Parsley milk pasteurization milk pasteurization milk pasteurization milk pasteurization milk patch Milk pea milk persistency milk persistency milk persistency milk persistency milk pipeline milk pipeline milk pipeline milk pipeline Milk plasma Milk plasma Milk plasma milk powder milk pox Milk Processor Education Program Milk Producers Association Milk Producers Council Milk Producers, Inc. milk production

Encyclopedia

Free Tools:	For surfers: Free toolbar & extensions \| Word of the Day \| Help For webmasters: Free content \| Linking \| Lookup box \| Double-click lookup

Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.