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
It does more: in 90 per centum of cases it will prevent successful infection with smallpox.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
Stratz says the mortality is 32 per centum, and it has gone as high as 40 per centum.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
The diagnosis, then, is difficult; and for the ordinary practitioner, the average physician, who does perhaps ninety-five per centum of the medical work of the world, the diagnosis is often impossible.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
Two per centum is a liberal mortality in membranous croup, yet a certain class of physicians are constantly reporting deaths from this disease.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
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