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Millimoles per liter (mmol/L)

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By Jeannette Curtis; Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS

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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:Jeannette Curtis
Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS
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Last Updated: 05/25/2007