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noun
A milk-white solution of magnesium hydroxide, used as a saline osmotic laxative and as an antacid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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Synonyms: mul:E528
Antonyms: none provided
noun
purgative consisting of a milky white liquid suspension of magnesium hydroxide; used as a laxative and (in smaller doses) as an antacid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient
History
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