milliamperagen.
/ˌmɪlɪˈamp(ə)rɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˌmɪliˈæmp(ə)rɪdʒ/ Electrical current expressed in, or of the order of, milliamperes.
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1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Milliamperage.
1937 Discovery Feb. 54/1 The meter then reads to the corrected milliamperage of the total body surface-area.
1961 Med. X-Ray Protection up to 3 Million Volts (U.S. Nat. Bureau Standards Handbk. 76) 18 A beam monitoring device fixed in the useful beam is recommended to indicate any error due to incorrect filter, milliamperage, or kilovoltage.
1999 Canad. Jrnl. Anaesthesia 46 675 A low milliamperage (<1 mA) with bilateral response indicated subarachnoid placement.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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