Mil'li-grăm or Mil'li-grămme, n.

n. [Fr. milligramme, from milli, abbreviation of millième, thousandth, and gramme, the unit of the measure of weight. See GRAMME.] A French measure of weight, being the thousandth part of a gramme, equal to the weight of a cubic millimeter of water, or .0154 English grains, Troy weight.