LD

¹

1. praise (be) to God.

LD

²

1. learning disability.

2. learning-disabled.

3. lethal dose.

4. long distance (telephone call).

5. Low Dutch.

ld.

³

abbreviation

1. load.

Ld.

⁴

abbreviation

1. limited.

2. Lord.

LD.

⁵

abbreviation

1. (in Libya) dinar; dinars.

L.D.

⁶

abbreviation

1. Low Dutch.

LD

¹

abbreviation

1. lethal dosage: usually used with a subscript numeral showing what percentage of a test group of animals dies as a result of either being given a substance being tested on them or being exposed to ionizing radiation, esp in the median lethal dose

   LD50

2. Low Dutch

Ld

²

abbreviation

1. Lord (title)

ld

³

abbreviation

1. load

Word History and Origins

Origin of LD¹

From Latin laus Deō

Example Sentences

The results from the phase 2b randomized clinical trial, published November 20th in Annals of Neurology, build on more than a decade of research spurred by anecdotal reports from patients with LD who said their symptoms improved after consuming a couple alcoholic drinks.

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In the trial of more than 100 patients, a single dose of sodium oxybate significantly improved symptoms of patients with alcohol-responsive LD without causing serious side effects.

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The minimum efficacy of the drug was 16% of voice improvement, with the average of 41% in patients with alcohol-responsive LD.

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Sodium oxybate showed no significant changes from placebo in LD patients whose symptoms do not improve with alcohol.

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In previous open label trials, Simonyan's team showed that sodium oxybate improves voice symptoms in 82% of patients with alcohol-responsive LD.

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