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pound
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(lb) A traditional unit of mass. By international agreement, one avoirdupois pound is equal to exactly 0.453 592 37 kilogram, 16 ounces, or 1.215 28 troy pounds.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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The traditional unit of mass. By international agreement, one avoirdupois pound is equal to exactly 0.453 592 37 kilogram, 16 ounces, or 1.215 28 troy pounds.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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