milligram
pronunciation
How to pronounce milligram in British English:
UK [ˈmɪligræm]
How to pronounce milligram in American English:
US [ˈmɪlɪˌɡræm]
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- Noun:
- one thousandth (1/1,000) gram
Word Origin
- milligram (n.)
- also milligramme, 1802, from French milligramme; see milli- + gram.
Example
- 1. An average teenage girl produces around half a milligram of testosterone per day .
- 2. Weighing just a milligram and protected only by a thin exoskeleton , the fruit fly lives in constant danger of being squashed .
- 3. Powered by 0.7 milligram of radioactive curium 244 , apxs irradiates samples with alpha particles ( nuclei of helium atoms ) and x-rays to make sensitive measurements of chemical makeup .
- 4. It must be the consumer who decides whether or not alli represents value for money at 50 for a month 's course , but ask yourself this ; why does it cost three times as much , milligram for milligram , as the prescription version ?