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hectogram; hectograms.

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Words nearby hg

Hf, hf. bd., HFCS, HFEA, HFMD, hg, hGH, hgt., HGV, hgwy., H.H.

Other definitions for hg (2 of 4)

Symbol, Chemistry.

mercury.

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)

Other definitions for hg (3 of 4)

abbreviation

High German (def. 1).

Other definitions for hg (4 of 4)

H.G.

abbreviation

High German (def. 1).

His Grace; Her Grace.

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How to use hg in a sentence

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
But everything I read said women like me, who got seasickness, altitude sickness, motion sickness, were more likely to suffer HG.
Prue Clarke on Her Battles With Kate Middleton’s Illness, Hyperemesis Gravidarum|Prue Clarke|December 5, 2012|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
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
These Innuit are known by the other subdivisions as Ta hg myut.
Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory|Lucien Turner
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
We see patients in coma due to renal disease with blood pressure much over 200 mm of Hg.
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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Scientific definitions for hg

The symbol for mercury.