milliliter

Medicine dosage unit

A milliliter is one thousandth of a liter—a small unit of liquid volume in the metric system.

A teaspoon holds about five milliliters.

The measurement appears on medicine bottles, beverage containers, and in recipes: Take 10 milliliters twice daily.

Also spelled millilitre in British English.

measurement

graduated

Completed formal studies

dispense · titrate · calibrate · dose · meniscus · precision · accuracy · dropper · beaker · volumetric

metric

microliter

One-millionth liter unit

tablespoon · gallon · pint · quart · hectoliter · conversion · SI · unit · decimal · prefix

liquid

droplet

Tiny liquid sphere

  • doseQuantity of medicine
  • medicineCurative substance or practice
  • syrupThick sugar liquid

serum · injection · solution · tincture · extract · concentrate · reagent · sample · specimen · aliquot

small

tiny

Extremely small in size

exact · fraction · increment · small · minute · fine · micro · minimal · scant · measured

Categories
Opposites
volume scale

milliliterkiloliter

One thousand liters

gallon · barrel · cubic meter · liter · hectoliter

Family

milliliters, millilitre, millilitres

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G