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fluidra(ch)m, fluigram contracted forms of fluid dra(ch)m, fluid gram(me).
1880O. Oldberg in Med. Rec. (N.Y.) 14 Aug. 178/2 We would have to learn four new units:..in fact, only two..are important. One is the Gram,..and the other the (cubic centimeter, which, as suggested by Mr. Alfred B. Taylor, should be called a) Fluigram, equal to about 15 minims, or 1/4 fluid-drachm. 1889Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. VII. 731/2 In medicine and pharmacy the gram and the cubic centimeter are the most important metric units, and to express their close relationship the cubic centimeter has been very appropriately termed a ‘Fluigram’. 1961Stedman's Med. Dict. (ed. 21) 1827/1 The minim, fluidrachm, and fluidounce of the U.S. apothecaries' measure are slightly larger than the corresponding denominations in the Imperial (British) measure. |