Definition of "nanomoles" [nanomoles]

• Plural form of nanomole. (noun)

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• "Recent research by vitamin D pioneer Dr. Michael Holick, Professor of Medicine, Physiology, and Dermatology at Boston University School of Medicine, recommends intakes of up to 2,000 IU a day -- or enough to keep blood levels of 25 hydroxy vitamin D at between 75 to 125 nmol/L (nanomoles per liter). (viii) That may sound high, but it's still safe: Lifeguards have levels of 250 nmol/L without toxicity."
• "Starting from about the same baseline -- a cortisol concentration in saliva of seven to eight nanomoles per liter -- one group, comprising seven men, shot up to an average of 29 in the first day; the rest went only to around 19."
• "The low-vitamin D group had between 15 and 46 nanomoles per liter nmol/L in their blood, while the high-vitamin D group had 72 to 154 nmol/L."