GRAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gram mean? 

• GRAM (noun)
  The noun GRAM has 2 senses:

1. a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

2. Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938)

  Familiarity information: GRAM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

g; gm; gram; gramme

Hypernyms ("gram" is a kind of...):

metric weight unit; weight unit (a decimal unit of weight based on the gram)

Meronyms (parts of "gram"):

obolus (a Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram)

carat (a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg)

Holonyms ("gram" is a part of...):

dag; decagram; dekagram; dkg (10 grams)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gram; Hans C. J. Gram

Instance hypernyms:

bacteriologist (a biologist who studies bacteria)

 Context examples 

A species of anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria.

(Actinomyces bovis, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of aerobic, Gram positive bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria.

(Actinomadura madurae, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of anaerobic, Gram variable, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria.

(Actinomyces turicensis, NCI Thesaurus)

Any rod shaped bacteria with an oxygen based metabolism and has a cell wall that contains low levels of peptidoglycan and stains pink with the Gram staining technique.

(Aerobic Gram Negative Bacillus, NCI Thesaurus)

Any spherical shaped bacteria with an oxygen based metabolism and a cell wall that contains low levels of peptidoglycan and stains pink with the Gram staining technique.

(Aerobic Gram Negative Coccus, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of aerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria and the family Thermomonosporaceae.

(Actinomadura, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria.

(Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of aerobic, Gram negative bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria.

(Achromobacter denitrificans, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of aerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria.

(Achromobacter piechaudii, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria.

(Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, NCI Thesaurus)