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Noun: gram  gram
  1. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
    "A paperclip weighs about one gram";
    - gramme, gm, g
Noun: Gram  gram
  1. Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938)
    - Hans Christian Gram, Hans C. J. Gram

Derived forms: grams

Type of: bacteriologist, metric weight unit, weight unit

Part of: dag [archaic], decagram, dekagram [N. Amer], jag

Encyclopedia: Gram, Andrea