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magnesia

7 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. magnesia (noun)
  2. Magnesia (geographical name)
  3. Manisa (geographical name)
  4. magnesia alba (noun)
  5. magnesia cement (noun)
  6. milk of magnesia
  7. plastic magnesia (noun)

mag·ne·sia

noun \mag-ˈnē-shə, -zhə\

Definition of MAGNESIA

: magnesium oxide — compare milk of magnesia
— mag·ne·sian \-shən, -zhən\ adjective
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Origin of MAGNESIA

New Latin, from magnes carneus, a white earth, literally, flesh magnet
First Known Use: 1755

Rhymes with MAGNESIA

amnesia, atresia

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