lethal dose

Also known as lethal dosage, LD

sufficient amount to kill

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It sits within the topics Causes of death, Concentration indicators and Medical emergencies.

Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.

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Subclass of: dose

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Encyclopedic overview

In toxicology, the lethal dose (LD) is an indication of the lethal toxicity of a given substance or type of radiation. Because resistance varies from one individual to another, the "lethal dose" represents a dose (usually recorded as dose per kilogram of subject body weight) at which a given percentage of subjects will die. The lethal concentration is a lethal dose measurement used for gases or particulates. The LD may be based on the standard person concept, a theoretical individual that has perfectly "normal" characteristics, and thus not apply to all sub-populations.

Median lethal dose (LD50)

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