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NANOGRAM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One billionth (1/1,000,000,000) gram

Synonyms:

nanogram; ng

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("nanogram" is a kind of...):

metric weight unit; weight unit (a decimal unit of weight based on the gram)

Holonyms ("nanogram" is a part of...):

mcg; microgram (one millionth (1/1,000,000) gram)

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 Context examples: 

Minutes times nanograms per milliliter (area under the curve), divided by kilograms (weight).

(Minute Times Nanogram Per Milliliter Per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A dose calculation unit expressed in nanograms per milliliter, divided by milligram per kilogram per day.

(Nanogram Per Milliliter Per Milligram Per Kilogram Per Day, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of mass fraction expressed as a number of nanograms of a substance per kilogram of the mixture.

(Nanogram per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus)

Nanograms per milliliter (concentration), divided by milligrams per kilogram (dose normalized by weight).

(Nanogram Per Milliliter Per Milligram Per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A dose calculation unit equal to mass concentration of a substance expressed in nanograms per unit volume of one milliliter per time period of one hour.

(Nanogram per Milliliter per Hour, NCI Thesaurus)

Nanograms per milliliter (concentration), divided by milligram per kilogram per day (daily dose normalized by body weight).

(Nanogram Per Milliliter Per Milligram Per Kilogram Per Day, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

One nanogram weighs a billion times less than one gram, and almost a trillion-times less than a pound.

(Nanogram, NCI Dictionary)

Minutes times nanograms per milliliter, divided by kilograms per meter squared.

(Minute Times Nanogram per Milliliter per Kilogram per Meter Squared, NCI Thesaurus)

Minutes times nanograms per milliliter, divided by meters squared.

(Minute Times Nanogram per Milliliter per Meter Squared, NCI Thesaurus)

Minutes times nanograms per milliliter (area under the curve), divided by meters squared (surface area).

(Minute Times Nanogram per Milliliter per Meter Squared, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)