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mg
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[ noun ] one thousandth (1/1,000) gram
Synonyms Used in print (Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)In man the normal level of iodine in the diet and the level necessary to prevent development of goitre is about 100 � mg per day . The international unit ( u . ) , adopted to make possible the comparison of results from different laboratories ( Mussett and Perry , 1955 ) , has been defined as the amount of activity present in 13.5 mg of the International_Standard_Preparation . The international unit is equipotent with the USP unit adopted in 1952 , which was defined as the amount of activity present in 20 mg of the USP reference substance . (J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)No additional transfusions were necessary after the institution of prednisone in July , 1957 , in an initial dose of 40 mg. daily with gradual tapering to 10 mg. daily . No additional transfusions were necessary after the institution of prednisone in July , 1957 , in an initial dose of 40 mg. daily with gradual tapering to 10 mg. daily . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (chemistry) a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine)
Synonyms Related terms metallic_element magnesite dolomite olivine periclase spinel carnallite |
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