(n.) A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American pints, or 1.76 English pints.
(n.) Same as Liter.
Example Sentences:
(1) The amount of 15N incorporated into the proteins in 1 litre plasma attained up to 3% of the given dose.
(2) If bitter, pour it out and measure 1.4 litres of water.
(3) During the growth of Azotobacter vinelandii in batch culture in Burk's 2% glucose medium supplemented with 50 mg EDTA per litre, water-insoluble capsular polysaccaride material accumulated in cultures prior to the appearance of water-soluble polysaccharide in the culture medium.
(4) The resulting error signal controlled the infusion rates of a concentrated potassium chloride solution (50 or 200 mmol litre-1) and a solution of 50% glucose with insulin 200 u litre-1.
(5) Disopyramide 5 X 10(-5) - 10(-3) mol litre-1 produced a concentration-dependent reduction of twitch amplitude in the indirectly stimulated chick biventer cervicis preparation, but greater concentrations were required to reduce twitches elicited directly in the presence of erabutoxin-b 1 microgram ml-1.
(6) In humans, clinically relevant plasma concentrations of propofol have been reported to be 1-5 x 10(-5) mol litre-1, 97-99% of which is bound to plasma proteins.
(7) Tesco, the UK’s biggest petrol retailer with 499 outlets and more than 16% market share, cut petrol and diesel by 1p a litre at all of its petrol stations from lunchtime on Thursday.
(8) A mixture of SNP 1 mmol litre-1 and glutathione (GSH) 1 mmol litre-1 inhibited the oxygen uptake more markedly (by 75.9%).
(9) Never leave a tap dripping - it can waste up to four litres a day.
(10) A method for processing 3 litres of human plasma for the purification of phosphatidylcholine-cholesterol acyltransferase is described.
(11) We have compared an alternative breathing system for preoxygenation comprising a Hudson face mask with high oxygen inflow (48 litre min-1) and a Mapleson A breathing system (100 ml kg-1 min-1).
(12) We also examined the effects of the infusion of two litres of dialysate on airways resistance (Raw) using total body plethysmography and on arterial blood gasses.
(13) Overall, 86% of the volumes filtered per filter were in excess of 6 litres.
(14) The code specifies that products containing more than 150mg caffeine per litre must carry the warning: "Not suitable for children, pregnant women and persons sensitive to caffeine."
(15) The time required to empty a one litre bag of Ringer's Lactate from a 1.0 meter vertical drop was measured while using four different IV catheters (9.5, 10, 14 and 16 gauge), and the flow rates calculated.
(16) In many communities the poor pay 15 cents (9p) per litre for drinking water.
(17) Apomorphine showed a high total plasma clearance (165-207 ml min-1 kg-1) and, despite a relatively large volume of distribution (3.4-4.1 litre kg-1), a biological half-life of about 14 min was obtained irrespective of route of administration.
(18) A single trained subject sat in a body plethysmograph to measure ventilation and breathed at a constant rate of 15 per minute at three different tidal volumes, of approximately 0.3, 0.6, and 1.2 litres, from the mouthpiece in the plethysmograph.
(19) Farmers were paid an average 23.66p per litre for milk in June, down 10% since January and 25% lower than a year ago, according to AHDB Dairy , the British dairy organisation.
(20) Intensive training can lead to extraordinary levels of cardiac performance as shown in a world-class athlete who during peak exercise attained a heart rate of 210, an ejection fraction of 97%, and a cardiac output of 56 litres per minute.
Millilitre
Definition:
(n.) A measure of capacity in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a liter. It is a cubic centimeter, and is equal to .061 of an English cubic inch, or to .0338 of an American fluid ounce.
Example Sentences:
(1) Pressor responses to both angiotensin II (Ang II) and noradrenaline (NA) were reduced in 20-day-pregnant rats compared with those in non-pregnant animals, regardless of whether the results were expressed in terms of the dose per kilogram of body weight or per millilitre of estimated plasma volume.
(2) Twenty millilitre of the 1% or 1.5% solutions with or without adrenaline (1:200 000) was given in a double-blind manner.
(3) For the tetraphosphate the maximum concentration was about 50, and for the basal level about 10, pmol per millilitre of a culture with an optical density of 1.0.
(4) The number of bacteria per millilitre was calculated for both methods, and used for comparisons of results obtained with the two techniques.
(5) This behaviour enabled its determination in the nanogram per millilitre range.
(6) No statistically significant differences regarding fructose in one millilitre and ejaculated volume were established from a comparison between 95 ejaculates, among them 14 normospermatic, 47 asthenospermatic, 16 oligospermatic with more than ten million of spermia in one millilitre, six oligospermatic with less than ten million, and twelve azoospermatic.
(7) The isthmic volume increases by 0.32 ml for each millilitre increase in volume of the arterial duct and the volume of the pulmonary trunk increases by 6.4 ml for each increase of 1 millilitre in the volume of the aortic isthmus.
(8) One millilitre of OLT serum given at the time of allografting was sufficient to cause permanent acceptance of PVG.RT1a heart or kidney grafts in PVG recipients ('enhanced recipients'); the PVG.RT1a being congenic with respect to PVG, and sharing the RT1a haplotype with DA.
(9) In fact, the serum's subject contains 5 mug of AA per millilitre.
(10) The geometric mean titres of HIV-1 serum RNA from patients grouped by disease stage gave minimum estimates of 340 and 400 virions per millilitre of serum in CDC groups II and III (n = 6 and 10, respectively) and 4,240 virions per millilitre in CDC group IV (n = 14).
(11) Three millilitres of 0.5% solution (15 mg) were injected at the L3-L4 interspace in the lateral position; the patients were turned supine immediately afterwards.
(12) There was no major change in the proportions of circulating T and B lymphocytes, suggesting that the number of such cells per millilitre of blood fell in proportion to the change in lymphocyte count.
(13) Four millilitre of 0.375% bupivacaine in 2.5% dextrose was injected via the L3-4 space in a lateral position, and the patients were immediately turned supine.
(14) Similar observations were seen in microcapsules prepared with 20 x 10(6) and at a lower cell concentration of 10 x 10(6) suspended cells per millilitre of sodium alginate.
(15) Under physiological conditions the pleural cavities contain a few millilitres of a fluid film with a protein content of about 1.7 g%.
(16) Nine millilitres of preclotted autologous blood was injected into the ventricles of 10 adult mongrel dogs (control dogs) to create subtotal ventricular casts with solid clots.
(17) Total AChE activity and AChE activity released into the medium were specifically decreased with 15 microgram DPH per millilitre.
(18) The method has a sensitivity limit of 5 ng for lorcainide, and 10--20 ng for the various metabolites, per millilitre of plasma.
(19) This increase did not occur in NA depleted rats, which after 15 days had consumed no more than a few millilitres of the solution in total.
(20) Serum levels of IgM, IgG, IgA, IgD, and IgE were determined in serum samples of 270 healthy Dutch children (aged 4-13 years) and of 30 healthy Dutch adults, the amounts being expressed in International Units per millilitre.