nanogram
noun
nano·gram
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Definition of nanogram
: one billionth of a gram
Examples of nanogram in a Sentence
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Autopsy blood tests have shown nanograms per millileter levels of over 100. — Los Angeles Times, "Tyler Skaggs’ autopsy: Fentanyl, oxycodone and alcohol led to death by choking on vomit," 30 Aug. 2019 Tobias said that his testosterone went from 468 nanograms per deciliter to 1,098. — Natalie B. Compton, WIRED, "Inside the Bulletproof Coffee Guy’s New Body-Hacking Gym," 10 July 2019 The pharmacy is asking a recall for the pills and requesting the FDA revise its acceptable intake levels of DMF from the current level of 8,800,000 nanograms to under 1,000 nanograms. — Chris Morris, Fortune, "Another Cancer-Causing Chemical Found in Popular Blood Pressure Medication," 19 June 2019 For all four, systemic concentrations passed the nanogram threshold after the applications on the first day of the study. — Aaron E. Carroll, New York Times, "How Safe Is Sunscreen?," 10 June 2019 The Institute of Medicine recommended a diagnosis be made only for people who have less than 20 nanograms of the vitamin per milliliter of blood, but labs and other professional groups use higher cutoffs. — Julia Belluz, Vox, "Millions of Americans take vitamin D. Most should just stop.," 9 Oct. 2018 Jackson County Detective Tom Baker said that the lethal amount for an adult is 100 nanograms. — Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, "Indiana boy dies after ingesting 180 times the lethal amount of meth while under father's custody, report says," 3 Aug. 2018 Researchers defined Vitamin D levels of below 30 nanograms per milliliter as insufficient. — Sonja Haller, USA TODAY, "Vitamin D deficiency tied to miscarriages, study says," 31 May 2018 Some of the tanks contained small amounts of cocaine—20 nanograms per liter, which corresponds to the mean concentration of the drug that has been detected in surface waters—and some were filled with tap water. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "Cocaine in the Water Is Hurting River Eels," 20 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nanogram.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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nanogram
noun
nano·gram
variants:
or chiefly British nanogramme \ ˈnan-ə-ˌgram
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Medical Definition of nanogram
: one billionth of a gram
—abbreviation ng