lethal dose

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lethal dose

noun lethal doses · LD

The dose of a substance or of radiation likely to cause death (sometimes suffixed with a number). A lethal dose 50 will cause the death of 50% of a sample of test animals.

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@misc{lethal_dose_2026,
  title = {lethal dose},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lethal%20dose},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}