per centum
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of per centum
1555–65; < Latin: literally, by the hundred
Example Sentences
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This numerical equivalence results from the definition of the “percentage” unit, whose name is derived from the Latin phrase per centum meaning “by the hundred.”
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
In about 60 per centum of the patients who die suddenly, in the midst of seemingly good-health, death is due to heart disease.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
Coins should be boiled, and paper money should be dipped in the 10 per centum carbolic acid solution and dried at a stove.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
Practically all abdominal colic—and this means 90 per centum of all the acute pain which follows gastro-intestinal disturbance in young or middle-aged adults—is due to appendicitis.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
If there is no operation 17 per centum of the cases result in abortion and the loss of the child, as Remy found from a consideration of 321 cases.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
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