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Milk of magnesia   /mɪlk əv mægnˈiʒə/   Listen
Milk of magnesia

noun
1.
Purgative consisting of a milky white liquid suspension of magnesium hydroxide; used as a laxative and (in smaller doses) as an antacid.





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... is thought advisable to resort to drugs for the immediate relief of the constipation of infants, the best ones are the aromatic fluid extract of cascara sagrada; milk of magnesia with equal parts of the aromatic syrup of rhubarb given in doses of one ...
— The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) - A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies • W. Grant Hague


Words linked to "Milk of magnesia" :   purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient


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