Definitions for magnesium hydroxide

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

magne′sium hydrox′ide(n.)

  1. a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, Mg(OH)2, used as an antacid and laxative.

    Category: Chemistry

Origin of magnesium hydroxide:

1905–10

Princeton's WordNet

  1. magnesium hydroxide(noun)

    a white crystalline powder used chiefly in medicines

Wiktionary

  1. magnesium hydroxide(Noun)

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

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Magnesium Hydroxide

    An inorganic compound that occurs in nature as the mineral brucite. It acts as an antacid with cathartic effects.


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