MM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mm mean? 

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

1. a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

millimeter; millimetre; mm

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

metric linear unit (a linear unit of distance in metric terms)

Meronyms (parts of "mm"):

micrometer; micron (a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter)

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

centimeter; centimetre; cm (a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter)

 Context examples 

Small (one to two mm), firm, white cysts on the skin.

(Milium Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)

Form nonpigmented, translucent colonies, 1-2 mm in diameter.

(Helicobacter, NCI Thesaurus)

A regional lymph node TNM finding indicating that the tumor extends beyond the lymph node capsule and is less than 20 mm.

(N1bIII Stage Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

A regional lymph node TNM finding indicating that the metastases to the lymph nodes are more than 20 mm.

(N1bIV Stage Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

The term derives from the chest X-ray image of the tiny (1-5 mm) tuberculosis lesions which are seen through out the lung parenchyma.

(Miliary Tuberculosis, NCI Thesaurus)

A small (one mm or less) vesicular, papular or pustular monomorphous rash, which is associated with heat, fever or occlusion of sweat glands.

(Miliaria, NCI Thesaurus)

Its lumen is roughly triangular and has average diameter of 2-3 mm.

(Eustachian Tube, NCI Thesaurus)

Pregnancy loss at 6 weeks, 0 days to 9 weeks, 6 days of gestation of an embryo with crown-rump length less than 10 mm and no cardiac activity visible on ultrasonogram.

(Embryonic Loss, NCI Thesaurus)

A lesion found in the division of a vessel into at least two branches, each of which is 1.5 mm or greater in diameter.

(Coronary Vessel Bifurcation Lesion, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

A regional lymph node TNM finding indicating the presence of micrometastases (greater than 0.2 mm and/or more than 200 cells, but none greater than 2.0 mm).

(N1mi Stage Finding, NCI Thesaurus)