MILLIGRAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does milligram mean? 

• MILLIGRAM (noun)
  The noun MILLIGRAM has 1 sense:

1. one thousandth (1/1,000) gram

  Familiarity information: MILLIGRAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILLIGRAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One thousandth (1/1,000) gram

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

mg; milligram

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "milligram"):

mcg; microgram (one millionth (1/1,000,000) gram)

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

grain; metric grain (a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat)

 Context examples 

A dose calculation unit expressed in hours times grams per milliliter, divided by milligram per kilogram.

(Hour Times Gram Per Milliliter Per Milligram Per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus)

Hours times grams per milliliter (area under the curve), divided by milligrams per kilogram (dose normalized by weight).

(Hour Times Gram Per Milliliter Per Milligram Per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A dose calculation unit expressed in hours times grams per milliliter, divided by milligram per kilogram per day.

(Hour Times Gram Per Milliliter Per Milligram Per Kilogram Per Day, NCI Thesaurus)

Hours times grams per milliliter (area under the curve), divided by milligrams per kilogram per day (daily dose normalized by weight).

(Hour Times Gram Per Milliliter Per Milligram Per Kilogram Per Day, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Hours squared times milligrams per milliliter.

(Hour Squared Times Milligram per Milliliter, NCI Thesaurus)

Grams per milliliter (concentration), divided by milligram per kilogram per day (daily dose normalized by body weight).

(Gram Per Milliliter Per Milligram Per Kilogram Per Day, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A dose calculation unit expressed in milligram(s) per gram per period of time equal to sixty minutes.

(Milligram per Gram per Hour, NCI Thesaurus)

Grams per milliliter (concentration), divided by milligram per kilogram (dose normalized by body weight).

(Gram Per Milliliter Per Milligram Per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A dose calculation unit expressed in milligram(s) per gram per period of time equal to twenty-four hours.

(Milligram per Gram per Day, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of substance concentration defined as the number of milligrams per gram of creatinine.

(Milligram Per Gram of Creatinine, NCI Thesaurus)