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milligram

mi luh gram

  • n  one thousandth (1/1,000) gram

  • This has been reduced in the last two years to $70 a milligram by the exploitation of much richer ore veins in the Belgian Congo.
  • Air surgeons have found that it is often a good idea for every member of a crew on night patrol to carry two five-milligram benzedrine pills, take one if he is mentally exhausted .
  • Last week in Shenzhen, shoppers could easily find a supplement called Fenfluraminieach 20-milligram tablet contains pure fenfluramine hydrochloride.
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  • Gideon Koren in Toronto Star
    This is the first time that a professional body says give more, more specifically, give five milligrams of folic acid, because if you give only one milligram, quite a few women will not get enough,said Dr. Gideon Koren, director of the...
  • Patrick Arnold in ESPN
    What I am sending you today is a small sample, about 5 ccs, of the supplement,Arnold wrote to Conte, adding there "should be enough for experimental testing. 2.5-7.5 milligram [whatever that comes out to in cc's or drops], under the tongue...
  • Dock Ellis in IFC
    I would try to out-milligram any opponent,Ellis said in the trailer.

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