microgram
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- noun
- /ˈmaɪkroʊˌɡræm/
- Specialized
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microgramo
- 40 women were given 400 micrograms of misoprostol seven days before surgical termination of pregnancy.
- micrograms per liter
- micrograms per deciliter
- micrograms per cubic meter
These drugs are dosed by the microgram, the milligram, the gram.
- These drugs are dosed by the microgram, the milligram, the gram.
- You only need those tiny microgram doses.
- And yet some of these compounds were are tremendously powerful at microgram concentrations.
- Or then you talk about LSD and it's like micrograms, single micrograms, right?
- It's a fraction of microgram, which is the weight of my hair.
Examples
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A vitamin supplement can contain as little as 10 micrograms of biotin.
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The proposed U.S. EPA daily average standard for PM2.5 is 65 micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m³).
Academic text (1998) -
The mass of such a spring is just under one microgram.
Academic text (2010) -
You only need those tiny microgram doses.
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I have done that and spent three months purifying a microgram of protein.
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Anything above two micrograms is fatal.
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The results are given as relative luminescent units per microgram of protein.
Academic text (2012) -
Flu vaccines for children under 6 do not contain more than 1 microgram of mercury per shot.
Blog text (19) -
Okay, 1,000 nanograms equals one microgram.
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The average daily safe level (EPA) is 0.1 microgram/kg (or about 1 microgram per child).
Blog text (19)
Synonyms
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A very small mass equal to one millionth of a gram used in medicine
How Small
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Microgram comes from the prefix micro- meaning 'small' and gram meaning a unit of weight, the same gram in kilogram or milligram. So a microgram is a very tiny part of a gram, one millionth of a gram.