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milk of magnesia

DEFINITIONS OF: milk of magnesia

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n purgative consisting of a milky white liquid suspension of magnesium hydroxide; used as a laxative and (in smaller doses) as an antacid

Type of:
aperient, cathartic, physic, purgative
a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
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