milligram
milligram
Definition
milli·gram (mil′i gram′)
noun
one thousandth of a gram (0.0154 grain): abbrev. mg
Etymology: Fr milligramme
milligram
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- caffeine: The human body will absorb just 300 milligrams of caffeine at a given time.
- nicotine: In a very smoky atmosphere, a non-smoker takes in about a quarter of a milligram of nicotine an hour.
- calcium: For example, nursing children need between 220 to 400 milligram of calcium per day.
- alcohol: For instance, the legal limit in the UK is 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood.
- vitamin: The top rose hip powder contains only a few milligrams of vitamin C per ounce.
- chemical: It is expressed in milligrams of the chemical per kilogram body weight of the consumer.
Converse of object
- contain: The top rose hip powder contains only a few milligrams of vitamin C per ounce.
- take: Take 100 milligrams three times a day for two months.
- have: Take a Saturday night's drinking: At midnight you may have 200 milligrams per 100 milliliters of blood in your system.
- get: Nope, in fact you're getting 93 milligrams of calcium; what you got was 1000 milligrams of the entire compound.
Adjective modifier
- few: Their presence in wine varies between a few milligrams in white wines to several grams in mature red wines.
- several: The amount needed for NMR measurements is of several milligrams in a solution of at least approximately 1 mM.
Modifies a noun
- quantity: In addition we are able to provide custom DNA extracted from any of our cell lines from microgram to milligram quantities.
- tablet: It is available as 5 milligram and 20 milligram tablets.
Preposition: per
- milliliter: Take a Saturday night's drinking: At midnight you may have 200 milligrams per 100 milliliters of blood in your system.
- kilogram: The survey found ESBO at up to 105 milligrams per kilogram in 66 out of 137 samples.
- liter: Normal drinking water usually contains a few hundred milligrams per liter of TDS.
- pound: The usual daily starting dose for children under 6 years of age is 10 to 20 milligrams per 2.2 pounds of body weight.
- day: Minor minerals are minerals our body needs less then 100 milligrams per day of.
- decilitre: America uses the units milligrams per decilitre of blood: mg/dl instead.
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