miligramo
miligrámo with stress marks
milligram
Usage Note
Miligramo is a unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a gram, most commonly encountered by Filipinos on medicine labels and nutritional information panels. It is an essential term for anyone reading prescription dosages or dietary supplements.
Examples
" Limang miligramo lang ito. "
Natural Translation
This is only five milligrams.
Literal Translation
Five milligram only this.
" Uminom siya ng limang daang miligramo ng bitamina kanina. "
Natural Translation
He/She took five hundred milligrams of vitamins earlier.
Literal Translation
Drank he/she of five hundred milligram of vitamin earlier.
" Ayon sa doktor, hindi dapat lumampas sa walong daang miligramo ang araw-araw na inom ng gamot na ito. "
Natural Translation
According to the doctor, the daily intake of this medicine should not exceed eight hundred milligrams.
Literal Translation
According to doctor, not should exceed in eight hundred milligram the daily that drinking of medicine this.
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