Milligram

Definitions

An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻³ grams. Symbol: mg

Equivalents

Examples

“Holonyms: gram < kilogram < megagram < gigagram”

“Meronyms: picogram < nanogram < microgram”

“The US Food and Drug Administration defines this limit⟳ as anything more than 400 milligrams of caffeine daily for healthy adults. This is equivalent to four or five cups of coffee.”

“Blue No. 1 and yellow No. 6 may also be toxic to some human cells. And as little as 1 milligram of yellow dye No. 5 may cause irritability, restlessness and sleep⟳ disturbances for sensitive children.”

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