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GRAM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938)

Synonyms:

Gram; Hans C. J. Gram

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

bacteriologist (a biologist who studies bacteria)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

Synonyms:

g; gm; gram; gramme

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("gram" is a kind of...):

metric weight unit; weight unit (a decimal unit of weight based on the gram)

Meronyms (parts of "gram"):

obolus (a Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram)

carat (a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg)

Holonyms ("gram" is a part of...):

dag; decagram; dekagram; dkg (10 grams)

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 Context examples: 

A species of anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria.

(Actinobacillus equuli, NCI Thesaurus)

Any rod shaped bacteria with an oxygen based metabolism and has a peptidoglycan rich cell wall that stains dark purple with the Gram staining technique.

(Aerobic Gram Positive Bacillus, NCI Thesaurus)

Any spherical shaped bacteria with an oxygen based metabolism and a peptidoglycan rich cell wall that stains dark purple with the Gram staining technique.

(Aerobic Gram Positive Coccus, NCI Thesaurus)

A dose calculation unit expressed in microgram(s) per gram per period of time equal to sixty minutes.

(Microgram per Gram per Hour, NCI Thesaurus)

A dose calculation unit expressed in microgram(s) per gram per period of time equal to sixty seconds.

(Microgram per Gram per Minute, NCI Thesaurus)

A dose calculation unit equal to one millionth of a gram of a preparation per one kilogram of body mass administered per unit of time equal to one minute.

(Microgram per Kilogram per Minute, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of relative amount of substance content equivalent to the content at which one gram of mixture contains one thousandth of an equivalent of a component.

(Milliequivalent per Gram, NCI Thesaurus)

A dose calculation unit expressed in microgram(s) per gram per period of time equal to twenty-four hours.

(Microgram per Gram per Day, NCI Thesaurus)

A metric unit of mass equal to one millionth of a gram or one thousandth of a milligram.

(Microgram, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Firmicutes.

(Aerococcus urinae, NCI Thesaurus)