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–noun Chiefly British.
gram 1 .
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1  [gram]
–noun
a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. Abbreviation: g
Also, especially British, gramme.

Origin:
1790–1800; < F gramme < LL gramma a small weight < Gk grámma something drawn, a small weight
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gramme   (grām)   
n.   Chiefly British
Variant of gram1.
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gram

The basic unit of measurement for mass in the metric system; one cubic centimeter of water has a mass of approximately one gram.

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Word Origin & History

gram 
1797, from Fr. gramme, from L.L. gramma "small weight," from Gk. gramma "small weight," originally "letter of the alphabet," from stem of graphein "to draw, write." Adopted into Eng. about two years before it was established in Fr. as a unit in the metric system by law of 19 frimaire, year VIII (1799).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: gram
Variant: or chiefly British gramme /'gram/
Function: noun
1 : a metric unit of mass equal to1/1000 kilogram and nearly equal to the mass of one cubic centimeter of water at its maximum density —abbreviation g
2 : the weight of a gramunder standard gravity

Main Entry: gramme
chiefly British variant of GRAM
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Gram (grām, gräm), Hans Christian Joachim. 1853-1938.

Danish physician who developed (1884) Gram's stain as a method of distinguishing types of bacteria.

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Gram   (gräm, grām)  Pronunciation Key 
Danish bacteriologist who in 1884 developed a method of staining bacteria, called Gram's stain or Gram's dye, that is used to identify and classify bacteria, often from samples of infected body fluids. The classification, called gram-negative or gram-positive, can be useful in the initial selection of antibiotics to treat the infection.
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