Meaning & use
nanomoles
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Units of the amount of a substance, each equal to one billionth of a mole, used to measure very small quantities in chemistry and biology.
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The blood test measured hormone levels in nanomoles per liter.
Only a few nanomoles of the enzyme were needed to catalyze the reaction.
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Built from the prefix "nano-" (one billionth) plus "mole," the SI base unit for amount of substance; common in lab reports for hormones and trace chemicals.
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