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When the Greek lowercase "μ" (mu) is typographically unavailable, it is occasionally – although not properly – replaced by the Latin lowercase "u".
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instead. However, the abbreviation mcg is also the symbol for an obsolete
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unit of measure known as millicentigram, which is equal to 10 μg.
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Appendix E. General Tables of Units of Measurement, page 159 (17)
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contexts. In other contexts, a sequence of the Greek letter
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Index

Microgramme
micro-g environment
MG
uG

nutrition facts label
folic acid
Unit system
SI
mass
metric system
unit
mass
gram
International System of Units
micro-
μ (mu)
Institute for Safe Medication Practices
Food and Drug Administration
μ (micro-)
m (milli-)
SI
centimetre–gram–second system of units
γ
mass
fullwidth
Unicode
CJK
mu
List of SI prefixes

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