hg

hectogram; hectograms.

Words nearby hg

hf., hf. bd., hfcs, hfea, hfmd, hg, hgh, hgt, hgt., hgv, hgwy.

Definition for hg (2 of 4)

Symbol, Chemistry.

Origin of Hg

< New Latin hydrargyrum, for Latin hydrargyrus (by analogy with aurum, argentum, etc.) < Greek hydrárgyros literally, liquid silver (hydr- hydr-¹ + árgyros silver)

Definition for hg (3 of 4)

High German.

British. Home Guard.

Definition for hg (4 of 4)

H.G.

High German(def 1).

His Grace; Her Grace.

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Examples from the Web for hg

But still, the fact remains, today, a pregnant lady suffering from HG traveled in an almost 200 year old coach.
Our Hero! Morning Sickness Stricken Kate Middleton Rides In a 200 Year Old Carriage|Tom Sykes|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As an HG survivor, I can assure you Kate feels anything but pleased right now.
Prue Clarke on Her Battles With Kate Middleton’s Illness, Hyperemesis Gravidarum|Prue Clarke|December 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
No one keeps numbers on how many women die of HG in the developing world, but experts agree many women are dying of it now.
Prue Clarke on Her Battles With Kate Middleton’s Illness, Hyperemesis Gravidarum|Prue Clarke|December 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
HG first hit me when I was six weeks pregnant with my son and living in New York City.
Prue Clarke on Her Battles With Kate Middleton’s Illness, Hyperemesis Gravidarum|Prue Clarke|December 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST

HG, like morning sickness, eases in most women by 12 weeks, but in some it could last the whole pregnancy.
Prue Clarke on Her Battles With Kate Middleton’s Illness, Hyperemesis Gravidarum|Prue Clarke|December 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
We see patients in coma due to renal disease with blood pressure much over 200 mm of Hg.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:|Louis Marshall Warfield
The proctodum (fig. 238 A, hg) is very soon placed in communication with the mesenteron (mg).
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour
Hg lower than the systolic pressure, and consequently these figures represent the pulse pressure in the brachial artery of man.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:|Louis Marshall Warfield
Heated in an ignition tube is volatilized, the vapors condensing in the upper end of tube to small metallic globules of Hg.
The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis|Frederick Hutton Getman

British Dictionary definitions for hg (1 of 3)

abbreviation for

hectogram

British Dictionary definitions for hg (2 of 3)

the chemical symbol for

mercury

Word Origin for Hg

from New Latin hydrargyrum

British Dictionary definitions for hg (3 of 3)

abbreviation for

High German

His (or Her) Grace

(formerly, in Britain) Home Guard

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Medical definitions for hg

The symbol for the elementmercury

Scientific definitions for hg (1 of 2)

The symbol for mercury.

Scientific definitions for hg (2 of 2)

mercury

[ mûr′kyə-rē ]

Hg

A silvery-white, dense, poisonous metallic element that is a liquid at room temperature and is used in thermometers, barometers, batteries, and pesticides. Atomic number 80; atomic weight 200.59; melting point -38.87°C; boiling point 356.58°C; specific gravity 13.546 (at 20°C); valence 1, 2. See Periodic Table.

Word History

Like a few other elements, mercury has a chemical symbol, Hg, that bears no resemblance to its name. This is because Hg is an abbreviation of the Latin name of the element, which was hydrargium. This word in turn was taken over from Greek, where it literally meant water-silver. With this name the Greeks were referring to the fact that mercury is a silvery liquid at room temperature, rather than a solid like other metals. Similarly, an older English name for this element is quicksilver, which means living silver, referring to its ability to move like a living thing. (The word quick used to mean alive, as in the Biblical phrase the quick and the dead.) The name mercury refers to the fact that the element flows about quickly: the name comes from the Roman god Mercury, who was the swift-footed messenger of the gods.