milliliter
Americannoun
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milliliters
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A unit of liquid volume or capacity in the metric system equal to 0.001 liter.
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See Table at measurement
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Etymology
Origin of milliliter
From the French word millilitre, dating back to 1800–10. See milli-, liter
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One of its air samplers, in Parcel C — collected 8.16 times 10‐15 picocuries per milliliter of Plutonium-239 — twice the established action level — according to a Navy spokesperson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
People with hepatitis B have 100 million to 10 billion infectious particles per milliliter of blood, says Dr. Paul Offit, an infectious disease physician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
Major supermarkets have been selling olive oil for up to A$65 for a four-liter tin, and up to $26 for a 750 milliliter bottle.
From Salon ● May 21, 2024
Newsom said a 10 milliliter vial of state-branded insulin would sell for $30.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
After the egg and citrate are mixed, 1000 units of penicillin and 1000 micrograms of streptomycin are added per milliliter of extender.
From Preservation of Bull Semen at Sub-Zero Temperatures by M. E. Friedman
Through September of this year, the state’s three community blood banks sold 25,868 milliliters of whole blood, red blood cells and fresh frozen plasma, while closed colonies sold 981,350.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024
Patients applied 5 milliliters of the drug combo between their shoulder blades every day for a year-and-a-half.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2024
Those who took aficamten had a significant increase in their maximum oxygen use -- 1.7 milliliters per kilogram per minute more than those in the control group.
From Science Daily ● May 13, 2024
Rather than taking his normal dose of 0.6 milliliters of testosterone every week, Addams has been taking 0.3 milliliters every two or three weeks.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2023
The three tanks combined had 3000 milliliters to start with.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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