miligramo
milligram
noun mee-lee-GRAH-moh Rare
Origin: From French milligramme, combining Latin mille ('thousand') + gramma.
Usage Note
Miligramo (abbreviated mg) is the standard metric unit equal to one thousandth of a gram, used most often in pharmacology and nutrition labels. Note the stress on the third syllable — mili-GRA-mo — unlike English 'MILligram'. The plural is regular: miligramos.
Examples
"La pastilla contiene 500 miligramos de paracetamol."
Natural Translation
The tablet contains 500 milligrams of paracetamol.

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