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.
Last Updated:
June 9, 2009
Author:
Maria Essig
Medical Review:
E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine & Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine
