lethal dose
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The Westminster bill would not allow doctors to give a lethal dose – rather patients would have to self-administer the drugs, usually by swallowing them.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2025
“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 toxicology, the median lethal dose, or LD50, is the approximate dose required to kill half the animals in a population being studied.
From Salon • Jul. 26, 2023
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
The amount used on California farms alone could, according to one medical authority, “provide a lethal dose for 5 to 10 times the whole world’s population.”
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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