Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MIL'LI-GRAM
MIL'LI-GRAM, n. [L. mille, a thousand, and Gr. γραμμα, a gram.]
In the system of French weights and measures, the thousandth part of a gram, equal to a cubic millimeter of water. Lunier. The milligram is equal to .0154 English grains. Cyc.
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