milliliter
Americannoun
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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
Etymology
Origin of milliliter
From the French word millilitre, dating back to 1800–10. See milli-, liter
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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
Her stage name, she said, refers to a milliliter, a way to measure water.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2025
Worlds with between ten and 100 million microbes per milliliter of ice, depending on the kind of ice, Yarzábal said.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2025
A robot concentration of 7.5 milligrams per milliliter, the densest of four concentrations tested, captured approximately 80% of the bacteria.
From Science Daily • May 8, 2024
The yolk-citrate extender was added to the semen at a rate which brought the sperm concentration in 0.5 milliliter to 200 million to 500 million.
From Preservation of Bull Semen at Sub-Zero Temperatures by Friedman, M. E.
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