Medical Dictionary

milligram–hour

noun

Medical Definition of MILLIGRAM-HOUR

:  a unit in which the therapeutic dosage of radium is expressed and which consists in exposure to the action of one milligram of radium for one hour

Variants of MILLIGRAM-HOUR

milligram–hour or chiefly British milligramme–hour

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