milligram

n. (Abbr. mg)

A unit of mass equal to one thousandth (10^-3) of a gram.

One-thousandth (10⁻³) of a gram; equivalent of 0.015432 grain avoirdupois or apothecaries’ weight; abbreviated mg.

To convert from milligrams to:

grains, multiply by .01543236.
grams, multiply by .001.

Convert:  Into:  grains grams

Result:

Related measurements:
milligrams/liter

IN BRIEF: A unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a gram.

A biologist will often weigh minute pieces of tissue to the nearest milligram.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - milligram

Nederlands (Dutch)
milligram

Français (French)
n. - milligramme

Deutsch (German)
n. - Milligramm

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χιλιοστόγραμμο

Italiano (Italian)
milligrammo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - miligrama (m)

Русский (Russian)
миллиграмм

Español (Spanish)
n. - miligramo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - milligram

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
毫克, 千分之一公分

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 毫克, 千分之一公分

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 밀리그램(1000분의 1그램)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ミリグラム

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ملجرام واحد بالألف من الجرام‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מיליגרם (אלפית הגרם)‬

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