How to Use nanogram in a Sentence

nanogram

noun
  • Three or four nanograms per milliliter can be lethal to adults.
    Gal Tziperman Lotan, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Ng/ml is nanograms per milliliter.
    Lucas Waldron, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2026
  • If inhaled, the lethal dose is in the tens of nanograms per kilogram of body weight.
    Vera Thoss, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2018
  • Fentanyl can be lethal in adults in as little as 3 or 4 nanograms.
    Beth Kassab, OrlandoSentinel.com, 27 July 2017
  • If inhaled, the lethal dose is in the tens of nanograms per kilogram of bodyweight.
    Vera Thoss, Smithsonian, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Autopsy blood tests have shown nanograms per millileter levels of over 100.
    Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2019
  • One was for 15 nanograms over the limit and the other was for 40 grams over the limit.
    Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The child’s blood also contained 30 nanograms per milliliter of meth.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
  • The goal was to raise blood levels to more than 40 nanograms per milliliter (40 ng/mL).
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Some of the antibodies are active in the IC50 in the low nanogram range.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The results may be reported in nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL) or nanomoles per liter (nmol/L).
    Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The botulinum toxin is one of the most poisonous natural substances known; a dose of just 1 nanogram per kilogram weight is lethal.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 16 Mar. 2023
  • His lab measured its morphine concentration at eighty-seven nanograms per millilitre.
    Ben Taub, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Most labs call normal somewhere between 300 and 1,000 nanograms per deciliter.
    Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • An autopsy measured 53,000 nanograms of meth per milliliter of blood in his body.
    Logan Smith, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
  • 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, 10 June 2019
  • According to Leeper, 3 nanograms per milliliter of blood would be deadly.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 14 July 2023
  • The concentration of morphine in Tariq’s blood was measured at seventy nanograms per millilitre.
    Ben Taub, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Small concentrations of substances like VOCs are measured in nanograms per liter — which is one billionth of a gram.
    Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • The toxicology report found Justin had 25 nanograms per milliliter in his blood.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
  • For example, a normal level is less than 25 nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL) for someone who is not pregnant.
    Lambeth Hochwald, Parents, 7 Jan. 2024
  • By the following Tuesday, my blood test was processed, showing that my testosterone level is 594 nanograms per deciliter.
    Andrew Zaleski, Men's Health, 20 Feb. 2023
  • In states like Colorado and Washington, the legal limit for drivers is 5 nanograms per milliliter.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The medical examiner said the amount of ketamine found in his system was as high as 3,540 nanograms per milliliter.
    Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Experts recommend that men should consider treatment if their levels dip below 300 nanograms per deciliter (ng/dL).
    Keith Wagstaff, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
  • Jackson County Detective Tom Baker said that the lethal amount for an adult is 100 nanograms.
    Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2018
  • In most women my age, the concentration of androstenedione, a precursor to testosterone, is between thirty and two hundred and eighty-five nanograms per decilitre.
    S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Also, to have MCAS, your blood tryptase test should show a spike of 20% above your baseline, plus 2 nanograms per milliliter.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 3 Dec. 2024
  • For example, the botulinum toxins, the most toxic substances ever discovered, can kill with just a few nanograms per kilogram of body weight if injected into veins or muscles.
    Vera Thoss, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2018

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