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milliliter en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī Latin mīlleder. French milli- English milli- English liter English milliliter From milli- + liter.

Meanings

1. (US, alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of millilitre.
   alt of millilitre
   • A slurry of 10 grams of powder in 100 milliliters distilled water was carried on a cotton swab and the panels scrubbed until free from waterbreak when rinsed. 1960, American Electroplaters' Society, Proceedings of the Convention, page 92:
   • The following day, nonattached cells were harvested by centrifugation and resuspended in growth medium at a density of 1 × 10⁷ per milliliter. 2001 February 2, Richard J. Fisher et al., “Control of Fusion Pore Dynamics During Exocytosis by Munc18”, in Science, volume 291, number 5505, →DOI, pages 875–878:
   • In addition to having a relative with Type 1, people in that subgroup had insulin autoantibody levels equal to or greater than 80 milliunits per milliliter. 2007 November 20, Aliyah Baruchin, “Twins on a Medical Odyssey After a Diagnosis of Diabetes”, in The New York Times:

Forms

Deriveds

micromilliliter