| Library / English Dictionary |
MG
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One thousandth (1/1,000) gram
Synonyms:
mg; milligram
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("mg" is a kind of...):
metric weight unit; weight unit (a decimal unit of weight based on the gram)
Meronyms (parts of "mg"):
mcg; microgram (one millionth (1/1,000,000) gram)
Holonyms ("mg" is a part of...):
grain; metric grain (a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat)
Sense 2
Meaning:
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:
atomic number 12; magnesium; Mg
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Mg" is a kind of...):
metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)
Holonyms ("Mg" is a substance of...):
carnallite (a white or reddish mineral consisting of hydrous chlorides of potassium and magnesium; used as a fertilizer and as a source of potassium and magnesium)
bitter spar; dolomite (a light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium; used as a ceramic and as fertilizer)
magnesite (a white mineral consisting of magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium)
olivine (a mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate; a source of magnesium)
magnesia; magnesium oxide; periclase (a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium)
spinel (a hard glassy mineral consisting of an oxide of magnesium and aluminum; occurs in various colors that are used as gemstones)
Context examples:
In the total study population, treatment with 100 mg of low-dose aspirin per day did not affect survival free of dementia or disability.
(Daily low-dose aspirin found to have no effect on healthy life span in older people, National Institutes of Health)
In human test subjects, the HDL lowering effect of gemcabene was only seen in patients with high (>200 mg/dl) levels of triglycerides.
(Gemcabene, NCI Thesaurus)
It uses the formula: Corrected calcium (mg/dL) = measured total Ca (mg/dL) + 0.8 (4.0 - serum albumin [g/dL]), where 4.0 represents the average albumin level.
(Corrected Serum Calcium Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
Milk protein-based energy drink is a flavored liquid that consists of milk protein, rapeseed and sunflower oils, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and trace-elements, providing 1.5kcal and 10 mg of protein per ml.
(Milk Protein-Based Energy Drink, NCI Thesaurus)
Hypoglycemia is a condition that occurs during the neonatal period, when there is abnormally diminished content of glucose in the blood (below 70 mg/dL ).
(Neonatal Hypoglycemia, NICHD)
Some microbes that need oxygen can survive with as little as a millionth of a mole per cubic meter (0.000032 mg per liter).
(Simple animals could live in Martian brines, Wikinews)
A condition referring to fasting plasma glucose levels being less than 140 mg per deciliter while the plasma glucose levels after a glucose tolerance test being more than 200 mg per deciliter at 30, 60, or 90 minutes.
(Glucose Intolerance, NCI Thesaurus)
Non-insulin-dependent overt diabetes: blood glucose 384+/- 134 mg/dl (plasma insulin at 60 min following intragastric glucose load 83.3 +/-10.2mU/mL) and hypertension blood pressure 176 +/-8mmHg.
(CRDH, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)
Phosphoric acid is a sequestering agent which binds many divalent cations, including Fe++, Cu++, Ca++, and Mg++.
(Phosphoric acid, NCI Thesaurus)
Each daily dose contained 2000 mg eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and 1000 mg docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).
(Omega-3s from fish oil supplements no better than placebo for dry eye, National Institutes of Health)
