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Millimoles per liter (mmol/L)

Some medical tests give results in millimoles per liter (mmol/L).

  • A mole is an amount of a substance that contains a large number (6 followed by 23 zeros) of molecules or atoms. A millimole is one-thousandth of a mole.
  • A liter measures fluid volume. It is a little bigger than a quart.
Author Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS
Editor Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA
Associate Editor Tracy Landauer
Primary Medical Reviewer Patrice Burgess, MD - Family Medicine
Primary Medical Reviewer Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
Last Updated July 9, 2007

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Last Updated: July 09, 2007
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