magnesia

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/mæɡˈniːʃə/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/mægˈniʒə, -ʃə/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(mag nē′zhə, -shə)

mag•ne•sia /mægˈniʒə, -ʃə/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]

Drugsa white tasteless substance, magnesium oxide, used as an antacid and laxative.

mag•ne•sia (mag nē′zhə, -shə),USA pronunciation n.

Drugsa white, tasteless substance, magnesium oxide, MgO, used in medicine as an antacid and laxative. Cf. milk of magnesia.

Greek (hē) Magnēsía (líthos) (the stone) of Magnesia; sense development obscure
Medieval Latin magnēsia
Middle English: philosophers' stone 1350–1400

mag•ne′sian, adj.

Mag•ne•si•a (mag nē′shē ə, -zhē ə),USA pronunciation n.

Place Namesancient name of Manisa.

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magnesia /mæɡˈniːʃə/ n

another name for magnesium oxide

Etymology: 14th Century: via Medieval Latin from Greek Magnēsia, of Magnēs ancient mineral-rich regionmagˈnesian, magnesic /mæɡˈniːsɪk/, magˈnesial adj

'magnesia' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

magnesium - magnesium oxide - magnet - manganese - milk - milk of magnesia - terra alba - thoria - A, a - brucite - Manisa - periclase - pickeringite

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