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MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does magnesium hydroxide mean?
• MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE (noun)
The noun MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE has 1 sense:
1. a white crystalline powder used chiefly in medicines
Familiarity information: MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A white crystalline powder used chiefly in medicines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("magnesium hydroxide" is a kind of...):
hydrated oxide; hydroxide (a compound of an oxide with water)
Context examples
Aluminum hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide neutralize stomach acids, thereby raising the pH to reduce intestinal damage by acids.
(Mylanta, NCI Thesaurus)
A commercial combination preparation, by Johnson & Johnson-Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals, containing the antacids aluminum hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide.
(Mylanta, NCI Thesaurus)
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