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mg

mg

10 2.1
A unit equal to one thousandth of a gram used to measure very small weights
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : miligramo
  • The patient was given a dose of 10 mg of medication to help with his pain.
  • grams and mg
  • mg of sodium
  • mg of cholesterol

Examples

  • "100 mgs of Vicodin"?

    Blog text (29)

  • Get four mgs atropine ready.

    The Poseidon Adventure (2005)

  • If I lift a mass in Earth's gravitational field, the force I have to exert is just MG, and then the distance is just the height to which I lift it.

  • So the friction force that keeps the cow from sliding down the ramp here is MU times MG cosine of Theta.

  • For accurate measurement, you'll need to adjust the scale to show 5 mg.

  • Always double-check the dosage, especially if it is less than 1 mg.

Synonyms

milligram
vsmg
  • Specialized
142 2.3

A very small weight equal to one thousandth of a gram

is the abbreviated written form of the same unit

Surface Forms

mg singular
mgs plural

Morphology

mg = milligram (transparent) = milli + gram + milli

The symbol 'mg' is a straightforward clipped/abbreviated form of 'milligram', and 'milligram' is transparently 'milli-' + 'gram'.

Etymology

The word mg is the short form of milli- and gram. The beginning part milli- means 'one thousandth', as in millimetre and millisecond, and a gram is a small unit of 'weight', so mg means one thousandth of a gram.