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milk of magnesia

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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.


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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.
Twice within 48 hours, a nervous tension built slowly in my stomach that would normally have me reaching for the Milk of Magnesia.
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