mcg
See also: MCG
Translingual
Usage notes
This abbreviation is used in the medical field instead of the standard abbreviation µg to avoid the chance that in handwritten dosing instructions it would be misread as mg (“milligram”) resulting 1000 times the intended dose.
Synonyms
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