MICROGRAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does microgram mean? 

• MICROGRAM (noun)
  The noun MICROGRAM has 1 sense:

1. one millionth (1/1,000,000) gram

  Familiarity information: MICROGRAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICROGRAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

mcg; microgram

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)

 Context examples 

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

(Hour Times Microgram Per Milliliter Per Milligram Per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus)

Hours times micrograms per milliliter per milligram.

(Hour Times Microgram per Milliliter per Milligram, NCI Thesaurus)

Hours times micrograms per milliliter (area under the curve), divided by milligrams per kilogram (dose normalized by weight).

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

Hours times micrograms per milliliter (area under the curve), divided by milligrams per kilogram per day (daily dose normalized by weight).

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

A unit of measure expressed in microgram(s) per animal.

(Microgram per Animal, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Hours times micrograms per milliliter, divided by meters squared.

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

Hours times micrograms per milliliter (area under the curve), divided by kilograms per meter squared (body mass index).

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

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

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

Hours times micrograms per milliliter, divided by grams.

(Hour Times Microgram Per Milliliter Per Gram, NCI Thesaurus)

Hours times micrograms per milliliter, divided by kilograms.

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