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Drachm

noun

A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains. Synonyms: drachma, dram.

A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters. Synonyms: fluid drachm, fluid dram, fluidram.

A unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce. Synonyms: fluid drachm, fluid dram, fluidram.

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... drachm, but recovery has taken place after much larger quantities, if well diluted or taken ...

— Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology • W. G. Aitchison Robertson

... an irritation of the kidneys. Give 1 quart of flaxseed tea daily, change the food and give 1 drachm of C. P. hydro-chloric acid in ...

— One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered • E.J. Wickson

... commerce, used in varnish-making, contains so much impurity that the waste of chloroform renders it very undesirable to use. The amber should be pounded in a mortar, and, to an ounce by measure of chloroform, add a drachm and a half of amber (only about one-fourth of it will be dissolved), and this requires two days' maceration. It should be filtered through fine blotting-paper. Being so very fluid, it runs most freely over the collodion, and, when ...

— Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853 • Various

Words linked to "Drachm" : fluid ounce, United States liquid unit, Imperial capacity unit, apothecaries' weight, ounce, British capacity unit, apothecaries' ounce, troy ounce, fluidounce, minim, scruple, apothecaries' unit