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Categories: Food acidity regulators, E-number additives, Laxatives, Magnesium compounds, Hydroxides

milk of magnesia magnesium hydroxide

Purgative consisting of a milky white liquid suspension of magnesium hydroxide; used as a laxative and (in smaller doses) as an antacid WordNet 3.0

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Purgative consisting of a milky white liquid suspension of magnesium hydroxide; used as a laxative and (in smaller doses) as an antacid WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The base Mg(OH)2 that occurs naturally as brucite; it is used as an antacid and in many industrial processes. Wiktionary

Mg(OH) 2. Wiktionary (translation)

A milky-white solution of magnesium hydroxide, used as a saline osmotic laxative and as an antacid. Wiktionary

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