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kilocalorie

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kilocalorie /kilo·cal·o·rie/ (kil´o-kal″o-re) a unit of heat equal to 1000 calories. Abbreviated kcal.
kil·o·cal·o·rie (kl-kl-r)
n.
Abbr. kcal See calorie.

kilocalorie (kcal)
[-kəl′ərē]
Etymology: Gk, chilioi, thousand; L, calor, heat
a unit of heat equal to 1000 small calories or 4186 joules. Also called large calorie.

kilocalorie [kil´o-kal″o-re]
a unit of heat equal to 1000 calories; symbol kcal.

kilocalorie,
n 1000 calories, a unit of measure of the energy value in foodstuffs.

kilocalorie
a unit of heat equal to 1000 calories; symbol kcal or Cal.

kilocalorie
Big calorie, Calorie A unit of heat equal to 1000 calories–the heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of H2O 1ºC


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