mag|ne|sia

mag|ne|sia
mag|ne|sia «mag NEE shuh, -zhuh», noun.
1. a white, tasteless powder; magnesium oxide. Magnesia is slightly alkaline and is used in medicine as an antacid and a laxative, and in industry in making fertilizers and heat-resistant building materials. Formula: MgO
2. = magnesium. (Cf.magnesium)
[< Medieval Latin magnesia < Greek hē Magnēsiā líthos loadstone; also, probably talc; (literally) the Magnesian stone (from Magnesia, a region in Thessaly)]

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