| 单词 | white magnesia |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite magnesia white magnesia n. [after post-classical Latin magnesia alba (see magnesia alba n. at magnesia n. Compounds)] now historical hydrated magnesium carbonate, a white powder used medicinally and in various chemical and manufacturing processes; = magnesia alba n. at magnesia n. Compounds; cf. magnesia n. 3(a). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative > mineral-based Rochelle salt1593 white magnesia1650 magnesia1755 magnesia alba1756 Seidlitz water1784 Seidlitz powder1815 Rochelle powder1820 saline1875 liquid paraffin1884 Eno1889 parolein1892 liver salt1895 liquid petrolatum1905 Kruschen salts1925 1650 J. French tr. Paracelsus Of Nature of Things viii. 86 in tr. M. Sędziwóg New Light of Alchymie Red Electrum, the white Magnesia, Aurichalcum, calcined Lead, Laton, Brasse of Cauldrons, and whatsoever metals of this kind are transmuted. 1879 Chemist & Druggist 21 481/1 Face Powder—a mixture of talc with a small proportion of white magnesia, coloured faintly with cochineal. 2002 J. Gribbin Science: Hist. vii. 245 A milder alkali, known as white magnesia, had recently been introduced into medicine as a treatment for ‘acid’ stomach. < as lemmas |
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