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Noun: milk of magnesia
  1. Purgative consisting of a milky white liquid suspension of magnesium hydroxide; used as a laxative and (in smaller doses) as an antacid
    "He took a dose of milk of magnesia to relieve his indigestion"

Type of: aperient, cathartic, physic [archaic], purgative

Encyclopedia: Milk of magnesia