noun
magnesia
mag-NEE-zhuh/mæɡˈniʒə/
Magnesium oxide used in medicine and industry.
White magnesia powder rests beside a heat-resistant brick.
Etymology
The mineral name magnesia had several earlier uses. Its modern magnesium-oxide sense may be an independent formation from “flesh-magnet,” a substance named for adhering strongly to the lips.
In context
another type of osmotic laxative is milk of magnesia or magnesium citrate but I usually stay away from these formulations since it can cause an elevated magnesium level
More examples
- A technician weighed the white magnesia powder.
- The manufacturer used magnesia to make heat-resistant bricks.
- The sample was identified as magnesium oxide, or magnesia.
Forms
magnesia
Similar words
- magnesium
- Magnesium is an element; magnesia is magnesium oxide.