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milk of magnesia

a milky-white fluid, a suspension of magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH), in water, used as a laxative and antacid

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noun
A milky white aqueous suspension of magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH)2, used as an antacid and a laxative.

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