milligram
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2.3
- noun
- /ˈmɪlɪˌɡræm/
- Specialized
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miligramo
- The label on the bottle clearly stated that each tablet contains fifty milligrams of the active ingredient.
- milligram (mg)
- milligrams per day
- 50 milligrams
These drugs are dosed by the microgram, the milligram, the gram.
- These drugs are dosed by the microgram, the milligram, the gram.
- And from the macro minerals, which are the ones you measure in hundreds of milligrams or milligrams.
- What milligram doses do you recommend?
- Fifty milligrams have a strong effect.
- And in the other, hold just two milligrams of estrogen a day and tell me which one is more powerful.
Examples
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I gave this patient 50 milligrams of Benadryl on admittance.
Fiction book (2000) -
Each volunteer receives 15 milligrams of zinc from food and supplements every day.
Academic text (2002) -
What milligram doses do you recommend?
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Give her one milligram diazepam.
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8 milligrams three times a day.
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Fifty milligrams have a strong effect.
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Go with 100 milligrams of phenothiazine.
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Ten milligrams a day.
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CHARLIE: Murph, start him on 50 milligrams of Zoloft and half a milligram of Xanax as needed.
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I am taking one milligram of Risperdal, an anti-psychotic, and 50 milligrams of Zoloft, an anti-depressant, a day.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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2.1
A unit equal to one thousandth of a gram used to measure very small weights
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Etymology
The word milligram is made of milli- meaning 'one thousandth' and gram meaning 'a small weight', and you also see milli- in millimeter. So a milligram is 'one thousandth of a gram'.