lethal dose
Noun
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Noun
lethal dose (plural lethal doses) (abbreviated as 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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