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mol

noun

less common spelling of

: the base unit of amount of pure substance in the International System of Units that contains the same number of elementary entities as there are atoms in exactly 12 grams of the isotope carbon 12
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mol

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Definition of mol

molecular; molecule

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mol

medical Definition of mol

mol

abbreviation

medical Definition of mol

molecular; molecule

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