quarter grain
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of quarter grain
First recorded in 1695–1705
Example Sentences
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The only anesthetic was a quarter grain of novocain, administered locally.
From Time Magazine Archive
James's powder A quarter grain to one grain.
From The Dog by Dinks
He had only seen her once, and then he had had a broken leg and a quarter grain of morphia and a burned moustache and no eyebrows left to speak of.
From Love Stories by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
Treatment.—Strychnine acetas injected in quarter grain doses under the skin and repeated as often as desirable.
From On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote by Mueller, A.
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