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median lethal dose

me·di·an le·thal dose (plural me·di·an le·thal dos·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
dose killing half of experimental animals: the dose of a substance such as a drug or ionizing radiation that in a specific time period will kill half the experimental animals to whom it is given.
Symbol  LD50


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