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Biological half-life

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000757

The time it takes for an organism to eliminate, usually by excretion, half of the admistered dose of a substance, such as a drug.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000757
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
Synonymsbiological half-time
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoPharmacokinetics; Drug excretion; Half life
TranslationsSpanish: semivida biológica
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000757",
  "term": "Biological half-life",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The time it takes for an organism to eliminate, usually by excretion, half of the admistered dose of a substance, such as a drug.",
  "synonyms": [
    "biological half-time"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "pharmacokinetics",
    "drug excretion",
    "half life"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "semivida biológica"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/biological-half-life/"
}

Record 748 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.