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mil·li·li·ter

 (mĭl′ə-lē′tər)
n. Abbr. mL or ml
A unit of volume equal to one thousandth (10-3) of a liter. See Table at measurement.
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mil•li•li•ter

(ˈmɪl əˌli tər)

n.
a unit of capacity equal to 1/1000 of a liter, equivalent to 0.033815 fluid ounce, or 0.061025 cubic inch. Abbr.: ml
[1800–10; < French millilitre]
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mil·li·li·ter

(mĭl′ə-lē′tər)
A unit of fluid volume or capacity in the metric system equal to 0.001 liter. See Table at measurement.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.milliliter - a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a litermilliliter - a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter
metric capacity unit - a capacity unit defined in metric terms
cubic millimeter, cubic millimetre - a metric measure of volume or capacity equal to a cube 1 millimeter on each edge
centiliter, centilitre, cl - a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter
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milliliter

n mililitro
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For urine tests, 10 nanograms per milliliter indicates impairment, and for blood tests, 2 nanograms per milliliter does.
The greatest contamination occurred in a sample that contained 24,000 colonies per milliliter, according to Justin Lee, a master's degree student at Cal Poly Pomona in California who presented the independent research.
* Dose orally administered liquid medications using metric-based dosing with milliliters (mL) only, to "avoid confusion and dosing errors associated with common kitchen spoons." Avoid using alternative abbreviations to mL (such as ml, ML, or cc).
Editor's Note: Furthermore, among those whose vitamin D levels were 15 nanograms per milliliter or higher, calcium and vitamin D supplementation was associated with lower levels of triglycerides.
But he stated that there is no set amount of supplementation that can bring someone up to 21 nanograms per milliliter because the way people process vitamins varies.
The researchers took 100 volunteers and showed half of them a portion size with either 300 (1.3 cups) or 500 milliliters (2.1 cups) of creamed tomato soup.
In a subgroup of 98 men, 55% had under 1 copy of HIV RNA per milliliter of blood and 11% had fewer than 5 copies of HIV DNA per 150,000 blood cells.
The town now posts its test results on its Internet site, www.phillipston-ma.com, and the latest test shows a result of 56 colonies per 100 milliliters of entrococci bacteria at the main beach on the south end of the lake and 26 colonies per milliliter on the north end of the lake.
The table found at MLO at this address: www.mlo-online.com/clr/searchdrugs.asp?class=l lists therapeutic blood levels for codeine of 13-33 nanograms per milliliter. The same table gives a toxic blood level for codeine of 1.1 micrograms per milliliter (= 1,100 nanograms per milliliter).
The disposable absorbent pant has an intake rate for a 40 milliliter insult of at least seven seconds, an intake rate for an 80 milliliter insult of at least 45 seconds, a final flowback of a 40 milliliter insult of less than 35% of an initial flowback of the 40 milliliter insult, a final flowback of an 80 milliliter insult of less than 60% of an initial flowback of the 80 milliliter insult and a fluid distribution of an 80 milliliter insult of at least 60%, each according to a Cradle Test.
This supposition was apparent in our study; we identified approximately 100 bacterial colonies per milliliter of blood from three of the six dogs in our study.
During the bloom, algae concentrations reached 60,000 cells per milliliter of lake water - four times the advisory threshold of 15,000 cells per milliliter.