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MICROGRAM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One millionth (1/1,000,000) gram

Synonyms:

mcg; microgram

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "microgram"):

nanogram; ng (one billionth (1/1,000,000,000) gram)

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

mg; milligram (one thousandth (1/1,000) gram)

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 Context examples: 

Hours times micrograms per milliliter (area under the curve), divided by kilograms (weight).

(Hour Times Microgram Per Milliliter Per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Hours times micrograms per milliliter, divided by kilograms per meter squared.

(Hour Times Microgram per Milliliter per Kilogram per Meter Squared, NCI Thesaurus)

The quantity of micrograms in a volume of fifteen milliliters of a substance.

(Microgram per Fifteen Milliliters, 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 dose calculation unit expressed in microgram(s) per square meter.

(Microgram per Square Meter, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A derived unit expressed as quantity in micrograms per specimen.

(Microgram per Specimen, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Microgram per Square Meter per Hour, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Microgram per Square Meter per Minute, NCI Thesaurus)

The quantity of micrograms prescribed or delivered in three days.

(Microgram per Three Days, NCI Thesaurus)

A dose calculation unit expressed in micrograms per milliliter, divided by milligram per kilogram per day.

(Microgram Per Milliliter Per Milligram Per Kilogram Per Day, NCI Thesaurus)