magnesia.
(Del gr. ?a???(do s? to [?], [stone of] Magnesia, name of several minerals).
1. f. magnesium oxide, which is presented in the form of substance earthy white, soft, tasteless, odourless and infusible, whose salts are dissolved in some Springs, entering in the composition of several rocks and are used in medicine as a purgantes. (Fórm.) (MgO).
