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Definition of Milligram
1. Noun. One thousandth (1/1,000) gram.
Generic synonyms: Metric Weight Unit, Weight Unit
Terms within: Mcg, Microgram
Group relationships: Grain, Metric Grain
Definition of Milligram
1. n. A measure of weight, in the metric system, being the thousandth part of a gram, equal to the weight of a cubic millimeter of water, or .01543 of a grain avoirdupois.
Definition of Milligram
1. Noun. An SI unit of mass, equivalent to one thousandth of a gram. Symbol: mg ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Milligram
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Medical Definition of Milligram
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Milligram
Literary usage of Milligram
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"The average number of milligram hours given before operation was 1380, ...
The total radiation varied from 400 to 4000 milligram hours, the average ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1910)
"Two and a half hours more at a temperature 30° higher caused the expulsion of
about 0.2 milligram, and yet three hours more at the same temperature caused a ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"Complete absorption of all rays beyond ' /\ 2700 until we arrive at a dilution
of 1 milligram-molecule of the substance in 500 cc of liquid with 5 mm. of ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"We find also that reactions take place more readily at doses fixed between 0.1
milligram and 1 milligram than perhaps at any other stage. ..."
5. Report by Pennsylvania Dept. of Health, Panama Canal (Panama), Health Dept (1915)
"1, containing one one-thousands of a milligram (0.000,001 grain) of dead ...
3, containing two one-hundredths of a milligram (0.000,02 gram) of dead ..."
6. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1856)
"I have tried the process, and found it exact nearly to a tenth of a milligram of
iodine. ... milligram ..."
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