dose-response curve

[ dohs-ri-spons ]

/ ˈdoʊs rɪˌspɒns /

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noun

a curve plotting the relationship between the dose of a drug administered and its pharmacological effect.

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Origin of dose-response curve

First recorded in 1970–75

I think the response of the French government so far has been pretty appropriate in that regard.
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Their immediate response tells an important truth about a police slowdown that has spread throughout New York City in recent days.
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What is known is that Peña Nieto bungled his response to the crisis.
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But the enduring response—stop the world, I want to get off—is the same.
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With enough changing of the influenza RNA over time, the vaccine no longer provokes the “right” immune response.
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To make the effort of articulation a vital impulse in response to a mental concept,—this is the object sought.
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There was no response to the knock, and Davy cautiously pushed open the door and went in.
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The knocker appeared to hear the response, and to assert that it was quite impossible he could wait so long.
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But I couldn't get rid of the notion that he would hand me out the same dose he had given MacRae if only he had the power.
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He drew her back to him, and she yielded and settled closely in the curve of his arm, and he told her the story.
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