MILLILITER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does milliliter mean? 

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

1. a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILLILITER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

cc; cubic centimeter; cubic centimetre; mil; milliliter; millilitre; ml

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

metric capacity unit (a capacity unit defined in metric terms)

Meronyms (parts of "milliliter"):

cubic millimeter; cubic millimetre (a metric measure of volume or capacity equal to a cube 1 millimeter on each edge)

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

centiliter; centilitre; cl (a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter)

 Context examples 

Unit of arbitrary substance concentration (biologic activity concentration) defined as the concentration of one millionth of international unit per one milliliter of system volume.

(Microinternational Unit per Milliliter, NCI Thesaurus)

A dose calculation unit expressed in micrograms per milliliter, divided by milligram per kilogram per day.

(Microgram Per Milliliter Per Milligram Per Kilogram Per Day, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of volume fraction expressed as a number of microliters of the constituent per the volume of the system represented in milliliters.

(Microliter per Milliliter, NCI Thesaurus)

An arbitrary unit of substance concentration equal to the concentration at which one milliliter of mixture contains one millionth of a unit of a substance.

(Microunit per Milliliter, NCI Thesaurus)

The quantity of milligrams in a volume of five milliliters of a substance.

(Milligram per Five Milliliters, NCI Thesaurus)

Micrograms per milliliter (concentration), divided by milligrams per kilogram (dose normalized by weight).

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

A dose calculation unit expressed in microgram(s) per milliliter of solution per period of time equal to sixty minutes.

(Microgram per Milliliter per Hour, NCI Thesaurus)

Days times femtograms per milliliter (area under the curve), divided by meters squared (surface area).

(Day Times Femtogram per Milliliter per Meter Squared, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Days times grams per milliliter (area under the curve).

(Day Times Gram per Milliliter, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A unit of volume used in pharmacy and equal to 0.05 milliliter (20 drops/ml).

(Metric Drop, NCI Thesaurus)