quarter grain
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of quarter grain
First recorded in 1695–1705
Example Sentences
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The only anesthetic was a quarter grain of novocain, administered locally.
From Time Magazine Archive
James's powder A quarter grain to one grain.
From The Dog by Dinks
Treatment.—Strychnine acetas injected in quarter grain doses under the skin and repeated as often as desirable.
From On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote by Mueller, A.
He had only seen her once, and then he had had a broken leg and a quarter grain of morphia and a burned moustache and no eyebrows left to speak of.
From Love Stories by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
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