per centum
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of per centum
1555–65; < Latin: literally, by the hundred
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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
It does more: in 90 per centum of cases it will prevent successful infection with smallpox.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley
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 Austin ?Malley
Three-fourths, about seventy-eight per centum, of the cases of tubal pregnancy result in what is technically called "tubal abortion" instead of rupture.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley
It has a mortality that can go up to 14 per centum in unfavourable circumstances, but the disease is not more contagious than typhoid under hygienic surroundings.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley
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