milk of magnesia

1. 1.

   purgative consisting of a milky white liquid suspension of magnesium hydroxide; used as a laxative and (in smaller doses) as an antacid

   Broaderpurgative

Questions about milk of magnesia

What does milk of magnesia mean?

milk of magnesia means "purgative consisting of a milky white liquid suspension of magnesium hydroxide; used as a laxative and (in smaller doses) as an antacid".

Is milk of magnesia a common word?

milk of magnesia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.