median lethal dose

median lethal dose
median lethal dose n LD50

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(LD50) the amount of pathogenic bacteria, bacterial toxin, or other poisonous substance required to kill half of a group of uniformly susceptible animals, or the amount of ionizing radiation that will kill half of a large group or population in a given time period.

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  • median lethal dose — median lethal dose. = LD50 (см.). (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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  • median lethal dose — 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 [1945 50] …   Useful english dictionary

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