median lethal dose

noun

the quantity of a lethal substance, as a poison or pathogen, or of ionizing radiation that will kill 50 percent of the organisms subjected to it in a specified time period. Symbol: LD50

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Origin of median lethal dose

First recorded in 1945–50

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British Dictionary definitions for median lethal dose

median lethal dose

mean lethal dose

noun

the amount of a drug or other substance that, when administered to a group of experimental animals, will kill 50 per cent of the group in a specified time
the amount of ionizing radiation that will kill 50 per cent of a population in a specified time
Abbreviation: LD 50
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