lethal dose
the amount of a drug or other agent that if administered to an animal or human will prove fatal: Abbreviation: LD See also median lethal dose (def. 1)
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How to use lethal dose in a sentence
At issue are the circumstances surrounding the lethal dose of methadone given, an illegal 80 mg dosage.
(60 grains) of concentrated acid killed an adult, is the smallest lethal dose on record.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection | Alexander Wynter BlythThe smallest dose which causes the infection and death of the inoculated animal is noted as the minimal lethal dose.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique | John William Henry EyreA week to ten days later inject a similar minimal lethal dose into the peritoneal cavity.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique | John William Henry EyreHe must have taken enough roentgens of gamma and neutrons to reach or exceed the median-lethal dose.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet | Harold Leland Goodwin
It was evident that we had seriously under-estimated the lethal dose.
Hilda Wade | Grant Allen
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