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drachm

1  [dram]
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–noun British.
a dram in apothecaries' and troy weights, and sometimes in avoirdupois weights.
Origin:
learned sp. of dram

drachm

2  [dram]
–noun
drachma.

drach⋅ma

  [drak-muh, drahk-]
–noun, plural -mas, -mae  [-mee] .
1. a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of modern Greece, equal to 100 lepta. Abbreviation: dr., drch.
2. the principal silver coin of ancient Greece.
3. a small unit of weight in ancient Greece, approximately equivalent to the U.S. and British apothecaries' dram.
4. any of various modern weights, esp. a dram.
Also, drachm.

Origin:
1520–30; < L < Gk drachm, prob. equiv. to drach- base of drássesthai to grasp + -mē n. suffix (hence lit., handful)

Related forms:
drachmal, adjective
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drachm   (drām)   
n.  

  1. A dram.

  2. A drachma.

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Word Origin & History

drachma 
1579, from Gk. drakhme, an Attic coin and weight, probably originally "a handful" (see dram).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: drachm
variant of DRAM
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

drachm (drām)
n.
See dram.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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