Picogram

Word PICOGRAM
Character 8
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What do we mean by picogram?

One trillionth (10−12) of a gram. noun

A unit of mass equal to 0.000 000 000 001 grams. Symbol: pg noun

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The word "picogram" in example sentences

Remember that Contador tested positive for 50 picograms (a picogram is a trillionth of a gram) of clenbuterol per milliliter of urine. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Remember that Contador tested positive for 50 picograms a picogram is a trillionth of a gram of clenbuterol per milliliter of urine. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Thundat and his colleagues demonstrate that they could detect very small amounts of adsorbed explosives -- with a limit of 600 picograms (a picogram is a trillionth of a gram).

EPA scientists already concluded in a preliminary report that people shouldn't consume more than 0.7 picogram of dioxin per kilogram of body weight a day. ❋ Bill Tomson (2012)

I consider it no small irony that the first syllable of the word dioxins sounds like die: So potent is this group of more than 100 cancer-causing industrial chemicals that the Environmental Protection Agency is currently considering setting the "safe" daily level for human exposure at seven-tenths of a picogram per kilogram of body weight. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Asked what a picogram was, Shiya Ribowsky said, “Think of it like this: if the universe is so large as to be beyond imagining, then the picogram might be smaller than we can conceive of.” ❋ Mark Jacobson (2010)

Bob Bever had already said that even if DNA could be retrieved from the sample, it would likely be at the “picogram” level. ❋ Mark Jacobson (2010)

We often snark about what lapdogs the media are, but they dropped every last picogram of pretense here. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One nanogram (ng) is one billionth of a gram, and one picogram (pg) is one trillionth of a gram. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Monti-Bloch and Grosser 29 found the adult human VNO responds to picogram amounts of human skin pheromones with depolarization. ❋ Zoe Brain (2007)

And while we are talking about measures, I read something in a report about a measure that is called a picogram. ❋ Unknown (1987)

And they say that this immunology testing system can detect quantities of certain proteins or products, even if they appear in quantities as small as a picogram. ❋ Unknown (1987)

I don't know if I am right, but I began to use my mathematics, which I believe are somewhat outdated, [laughter] and I got the impression that a picogram is something like a millionth of a gram. ❋ Unknown (1987)

Our predictions based on measurement of picogram to nanogram amounts of immunoreactive gastrin in the presence of billion-fold higher concentrations of other proteins stimulated Gregory and Tracy to purify and chemically characterize this material. ❋ Unknown (1977)

Amylin, blood levels of Bydureon in patients with kidney problems can reach up to five times the normal 200 picogram per milliliter level normally seen with Byetta. ❋ Matthew Herper (2010)

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