MAGNESIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does magnesium mean? 

• MAGNESIUM (noun)
  The noun MAGNESIUM has 1 sense:

1. a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine)

  Familiarity information: MAGNESIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAGNESIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 12; magnesium; Mg

Hypernyms ("magnesium" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Holonyms ("magnesium" is a substance of...):

carnallite (a white or reddish mineral consisting of hydrous chlorides of potassium and magnesium; used as a fertilizer and as a source of potassium and magnesium)

bitter spar; dolomite (a light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium; used as a ceramic and as fertilizer)

magnesite (a white mineral consisting of magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium)

olivine (a mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate; a source of magnesium)

magnesia; magnesium oxide; periclase (a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium)

spinel (a hard glassy mineral consisting of an oxide of magnesium and aluminum; occurs in various colors that are used as gemstones)

 Context examples 

Also called esomeprazole magnesium and Nexium.

(Esomeprazole, NCI Dictionary)

The magnesium salt of esomeprazole, the S-isomer of omeprazole, with gastric proton pump inhibitor activity.

(Esomeprazole magnesium, NCI Thesaurus)

Sodium, calcium, potassium, chlorine, phosphate and magnesium are all electrolytes.

(Fluid and Electrolyte Balance, NIH)

Higher than normal levels of magnesium in the circulating blood.

(Hypermagnesemia, NCI Thesaurus)

Forms of the element magnesium found in foods.

(Dietary Magnesium, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Choline magnesium trisalicylate blocks the action of a substance that sends a pain message to the brain.

(Choline magnesium trisalicylate, NCI Dictionary)

Magnesium is the fourth most abundant mineral in the human body after calcium, potassium, and sodium.

(Low Magnesium Levels Make Vitamin D Ineffective, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The spacecraft also found evidence for salty seas, likely containing the salt magnesium sulfate.

(Ganymede may harbor 'club sandwich' of oceans and ice, NASA)

Porphyrin derivatives containing magnesium that act to convert light energy in photosynthetic organisms.

(Chlorophyll, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A disorder characterized by laboratory test results that indicate an elevation in the concentration of magnesium in the blood.

(Hypermagnesemia, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)