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milligramme

milligram

noun mee-lee-GRAM Rare

Origin: From French milli- (thousandth) + gramme.

Usage Note

Milligramme is the standard SI unit equal to one thousandth of a gram, abbreviated mg. It is the unit most commonly used in pharmacy and medicine for drug dosages. The plural is milligrammes; note that French spelling retains the final '-e' unlike the abbreviated symbol. It is also written milligramme in official metric usage (not milligram as in English).

Examples

"Prenez deux comprimés de cinq cents milligrammes."

Natural Translation

Take two tablets of five hundred milligrams.

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