magnesia alba
English
Etymology
Latin
Noun
magnesia alba (uncountable)
- (chemistry, obsolete) A bulky white amorphous substance, consisting of a hydrous basic carbonate of magnesium, and used as a mild cathartic.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for magnesia alba under magnesia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)