Talc

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006252",
  "term": "Talc",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Finely powdered native hydrous magnesium silicate. It is used as a dusting powder, either alone or with starch or boric acid, for medicinal and toilet preparations. It is also an excipient and filler for pills, tablets, and for dusting tablet molds.",
  "synonyms": [
    "talcum powder"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "silicate minerals",
    "magnesium silicates",
    "boric acid",
    "sweating",
    "starch"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2015",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "talco"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/talc/"
}