MILLIEQUIVALENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does milliequivalent mean? 

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

1. one-thousandth of an equivalent

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILLIEQUIVALENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One-thousandth of an equivalent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

meq; milliequivalent

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

atomic mass; atomic weight; relative atomic mass ((chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units)

 Context examples 

A concentration unit measured as a number of milliequivalents of solute per microliter of solution.

(Milliequivalent per Microliter, NCI Thesaurus)

A concentration unit expressed in milliequivalent(s) of solute per milliliter of solution.

(Milliequivalent per Milliliter, NCI Thesaurus)

A concentration unit measured as a number of milliequivalents of solute per liter of solution.

(Milliequivalent per Liter, NCI Thesaurus)

A dose calculation unit expressed in milliequivalent(s) of substance per one kilogram of body mass administered per unit of time equal to one hour.

(Milliequivalent per Kilogram per Hour, NCI Thesaurus)

This is a large unit and measurements are more often done in its derivatives, e.g. in milliequivalents.

(Equivalent Weight, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of relative amount of substance concentration defined as the concentration of milliequivalents per gram of creatinine.

(Milliequivalent Per Gram of Creatinine, NCI Thesaurus)

A concentration unit measured as a number of milliequivalents of solute per deciliter of solution.

(Milliequivalent per Deciliter, NCI Thesaurus)