milligram

milligram
/mil"i gram'/, n.
a unit of mass or weight equal to one thousandth of a gram, and equivalent to 0.0154 grain. Abbr.: mg Also, esp. Brit., milligramme.
[1800-10; < F milligramme. See MILLI-, -GRAM2]

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