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Magnesia
Magnesia Mag*ne"si*a (?; 277), n. [L. Magnesia, fem. of Magnesius of the country Magnesia, Gr. ? ? ? a magnet. Cf. Magnet.] (Chem.) A light earthy white substance, consisting of magnesium oxide, and obtained by heating magnesium hydrate or carbonate, or by burning magnesium. It has a slightly alkaline reaction, and is used in medicine as a mild antacid laxative. See Magnesium. Magnesia alba [L.] (Med. Chem.), a bulky white amorphous substance, consisting of a hydrous basic carbonate of magnesium, and used as a mild cathartic.

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- Look up Magnesia or magnesia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Magnesia may refer to: Magnesia (hypothetical city), a ****ure colony of Knossos, imagined...
- The Battle of Magnesia took place in either December 190 or January 189 BC. It was fought as part of the Roman–Seleucid War, pitting forces of the Roman...
- Magnesia or Magnesia on the Maeander (Ancient Gr****: Μαγνησία ἡ πρὸς Μαιάνδρῳ or Μαγνησία ἡ ἐπὶ Μαιάνδρῳ; Latin: Magnesia ad Maeandrum) was an ancient...
- Bathycles of Magnesia (Gr****: Βαθυκλής) was an Ionian sculptor of Magnesia on the Maeander. He was commissioned by the Spartans to make a marble throne...
- Hegesias of Magnesia (‹See Tfd›Gr****: Ἡγησίας ὁ Μάγνης, Hēgēsias ho Magnēs), Gr**** rhetorician, and historian, flourished about 300 BC. Strabo (xiv. 648)...
- Anciently, Magnesia (Ancient Gr****: Μαγνησία) was a region of Ancient Greece, eventually absorbed by ancient Thessaly. Originally inhabited by the Magnetes...
- showing that the area was undergoing a spiritual growth in that era. Magnesias has churches, monasteries and chapels, many of which are architectural...
- In Gr**** mythology, Pierus[pronunciation?] (Ancient Gr****: Πίερος Píeros) was the son of Thessalian Magnes. He was the lover of muse Clio and father of...
- Reactive magnesia is also variously known as caustic calcined magnesia, caustic magnesia or CCM. The temperature of firing has a greater influence on...
- Magnesium oxide (MgO), or magnesia, is a white hygroscopic solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase and is a source of magnesium (see also oxide)...