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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A system of weights used in pharmacy and based on an ounce equal to 480 grains and a pound equal to 12 ounces. It has been largely replaced by measures of the metric system.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. the system of weights by which medical prescriptions were formerly compounded. The pound and ounce are the same as in Troy weight; they differ only in the manner of subdivision. The ounce is divided into 8 drams, 24 scruples, 480 grains. See Troy weight.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. 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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  1. weight
  1. weight unit

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  1. scruple
  2. drachma
  1. apothecaries' ounce
  2. grain
  1. ounce
  2. troy pound
  1. dram
  2. troyounce
  1. drachm
  2. apothecaries' pound

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  1. troy weight
  1. dram
  1. scruple

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