Associations to the word «Magnesia»

Wiktionary

MAGNESIA, noun. (mineral) magnesium oxide
MAGNESIA, proper noun. A region that is home to the city of Volos, located in the southwestern tip of Thessaly in north central Greece.
MAGNESIA ALBA, noun. (chemistry) (obsolete) A bulky white amorphous substance, consisting of a hydrous basic carbonate of magnesium, and used as a mild cathartic.

Dictionary definition

MAGNESIA, noun. A white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats