nanogram

noun

nano·​gram ˈna-nə-ˌgram How to pronounce nanogram (audio)
: one billionth of a gram

Examples of nanogram in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The national academies recommended that patients with readings between 2 and 20 nanograms per milliliter limit additional exposure and screen for high cholesterol, breast cancer, and, if pregnant, high blood pressure. Patricia Kime, Hannah Norman, Kff Health News, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023 According to Leeper, 3 nanograms per milliliter of blood would be deadly. Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 14 July 2023 Normally, there should be no detectable troponin, or a very low level—below 0.04 nanograms per milliliter (ng/ml) in your blood. Heidi Moawad, Md, Verywell Health, 3 July 2023 Officers issued a warrant and months later a blood test from the Department of Public Safety crime lab found that Gonzalez had a THC concentration of 11 nanograms per milliliter of blood, with a margin of error of 2 nanograms at the time of the incident. Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2023 Separately, the committee proposed setting a threshold of 0.1 nanograms per milliliter as a trace level for the hormone GW1516 in hopes of preventing athletes from becoming ineligible because of ingesting the substance unintentionally from contaminated supplements. Michael Marot, ajc, 17 June 2023 While the study aimed to get all men to a blood testosterone level of between 350 nanograms per deciliter and 750 ng/dl, most remained below 350 and some even below the levels of men receiving placebos. Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023 In the study, men had to have testosterone levels that were below a normal level of 300 nanograms per deciliter to participate. Matthew Herper Reprints, STAT, 16 June 2023 Wilde’s blood was found to contain 10.6 nanograms per milliliter of Delta-9 THC, or active THC, the charges said. Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 14 June 2023 See More

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Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of nanogram was in 1951

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“Nanogram.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nanogram. Accessed 28 Sep. 2023.

Kids Definition

nanogram

noun
nano·​gram
ˈnan-ə-ˌgram
: one billionth of a gram

Medical Definition

nanogram

noun
nano·​gram
variants or chiefly British nanogramme
: one billionth of a gram
abbreviation ng
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