Quantitative Concept
microgram
mi·cro·gram [ mahy-kruh-gram ]
Definitions related to microgram:
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(ug) A unit of mass equal to one millionth (1E-6) of a gram.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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A metric unit of mass equal to one millionth of a gram or one thousandth of a milligram.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A unit of mass, equal to one-thousandth of a milligram. Abbreviated as mcg.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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