1cg means a centigram. There are 100cg in a gram. There are 1,000,000 micrograms in a gram. Therefore, there are 10,000 micrograms in a centigram. So a centigram is ten thousand times greater than a microgram.
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This involves a multiplication of 1000. This is because a microgram is 1/1,000,000 of a gram and a nanogram is 1/1,000,000,000 of a gram. Therefore there are 1000 nanograms in a microgram.
"mg" is generally considered to mean "milligram" while "mcg" is usually considered to mean "microgram". If these are the meanings intended by the questioner, then 1 mg = 1000 mcg, so that the mg is definitely greater.
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