| NOUN | quantity | apothecaries' weight, apothecaries' unit | any weight unit used in pharmacy |
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| Meaning | Any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces. | |
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| Synonym | apothecaries' unit | |
| Narrower | dram, drachm, drachma | A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains |
| grain | 1/60 dram | |
| ounce, troy ounce, apothecaries' ounce | A unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound | |
| scruple | A unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains | |
| troy pound, apothecaries' pound | An apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams | |
| Broader | weight unit, weight | A unit used to measure weight |
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