magnesium (redirected from Magnesium compounds)

magnesium /mag·ne·si·um/ (Mg) (mag-ne´ze-um) a chemical element, at. no. 12; its salts are essential in nutrition, being required for the activity of many enzymes, especially those concerned with oxidative phosphorylation. Various salts, including m. chloride, m. gluceptate, m. gluconate, and m. lactate are used as electrolyte replenishers.

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magnesium carbonate  an antacid.

magnesium chloride  an electrolyte replenisher and a pharmaceutic necessity for hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis fluids.

magnesium citrate  a saline laxative used for bowel evacuation before diagnostic procedures or surgery of the colon.

magnesium hydroxide  an antacid and laxative.

magnesium oxide  an antacid and laxative; also used as a preventative for hypomagnesemia and as a sorbent in pharmaceutical preparations.

magnesium salicylate  see salicylate.

magnesium silicate  MgSiO3, a silicate salt of magnesium; the most common hydrated forms found in nature are asbestos and talc.

magnesium sulfate  Epsom salt; an anticonvulsant and electrolyte replenisher, also used as a laxative and local antiinflammatory.

magnesium trisilicate  a compound of magnesium oxide and silicon dioxide with varying proportions of water; an antacid.

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mag·ne·si·um (mg-nz-m, -zhm)

n. Symbol Mg

A light metallic element that burns with a brilliant white flame, used in various analgesic, antiseptic, anticonvulsant, and antacid pharmaceuticals. Atomic number 12.

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magnesium,

n an element/mineral found in nuts, seeds, grains, and green vegetables that has been used in reducing noise-induced hearing loss and in treating coronary artery disease, painful menstruation, the symptoms of PMS, migraines, high blood pressure, autism and preeclampsia. Magnesium supplementation may also be needed in patients taking cisplatin, cyclosporin, or loop and thiazide diuretics. Caution is advised for children and patients taking sulfonylurea-based antidiabetic medi-cations or potassium-sparing diuretics.

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magnesium (Mg),

n an elemental metal with an atomic weight of 24.32. Magnesium is an essential nutritional substance. Deficiency produces irritability of the nervous system and trophic disturbances.

magnesium sulfate,

n a salt of magnesium; also called Epsom salts, used as a therapeutic bath and as a purgative.

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magnesium

a chemical element, atomic number 12, atomic weight 24.312, symbol Mg. See Table 6. Its salts are essential in nutrition, being required for the activity of many enzymes, especially those concerned with oxidative phosphorylation. It is found in the intra- and extracellular fluids and is excreted in urine and feces.

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magnesium ammonium phosphate (MAP)

a common constituent of urinary calculi. See urolithiasis.

blood magnesium

level of magnesium in the blood.

magnesium carbonate, magnesium hydroxide, magnesium oxide, magnesium phosphate, magnesium trisilicate

compounds used as antacids.

magnesium chloride

used as a source of magnesium in the treatment of hypomagnesemia in cattle, and as a chemical defibrillator in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

magnesium citrate

a mild cathartic.

magnesium gluconate

a magnesium replenisher.

magnesium nutritional deficiency

is most important in the part that it plays in lactation tetany in ruminants. It also causes deformities of the limbs and nervous signs of tremor and convulsions in pigs. See also lactation tetany (1).

magnesium salicylate

the magnesium salt of salicylic acid used as an antiarthritic.

magnesium silicate

talcum powder; capable of causing starch granulomatous peritonitis if introduced into the peritoneal cavity, so it has been superseded by other compounds for use on surgeon's gloves.

magnesium sulfate

Epsom salts; used as an electrolyte replenisher, cathartic and local anti-inflammatory.

magnesium sulfate-chloral hydrate mixture

see chloral hydrate and magnesium sulfate.