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lethal dose

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noun

  1.  LD.  the amount of a drug or other agent that if administered to an animal or human will prove fatal See also median lethal dose

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Individuals will be able to choose to have a doctor administer a lethal dose intravenously, as happens in Spain, Canada, New Zealand and most of Australia.

From BBC Feb. 26, 2026

“We take a different approach where we try to identify the person who furnished the lethal dose and hold them accountable.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 12, 2025

In 2021, another beloved Central Park owl, Barry, was fatally struck by a truck after ingesting a lethal dose of rat poison that may have impaired her flying.

From Seattle Times Feb. 1, 2024

Nearly every state that has MAiD allows terminally ill adults with less than six months to live to ask doctors for a lethal dose of drugs that they can then ingest themselves, typically at home.

From Washington Times Feb. 22, 2023

In other words, Moo of the lethal dose of each compound may be fatal when the two are combined.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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