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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MIL'LIGRAM, n. [L. mille, a thousand, and Gr. a gram.]
In the system of French weights and measures,the thousandth part of a gram, equal to a cubic millimeter of water.
The milligram is equal to .0154 English grains.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: one thousandth (1/1,000) gram [syn: milligram, mg]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French milligramme, from milli- + gramme gram Date: 1797 — see metric system table

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. one-thousandth of a gram.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Milligram Mil"li*gram, Milligramme Mil"li*gramme, n. [F. milligramme; milli- milli- + gramme. See 3d Gram.] A measure of weight, in the metric system, being the thousandth part of a gram, equal to the weight of a cubic millimeter of water, or .01543 of a grain avoirdupois.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(milligrams) Note: in BRIT, also use 'milligramme' A milligram is a unit of weight that is equal to a thousandth of a gramme. ...0.5 milligrams of mercury. N-COUNT: num N, oft N of n