Noun
- 1. milligram, mg, metric weight unit, weight unit
- usage: one thousandth (1/1,000) gram
- 2. magnesium, Mg, atomic number 12, metallic element, metal
- usage: a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine)
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