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
Bacteriologists find that about 35 per centum of the cases reported by physicians to be diphtheria are really nothing but tonsilitis or pharyngitis, with now and then a case of membranous croup.
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
Vaccination does not always prevent infection by smallpox, but it does prevent it in more than 90 per centum of exposures to the disease.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
At present on an average less than 10 per centum of the women are lost, and expert surgeons have better results.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
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