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Lethal Concentration

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-015613

1. Median level concentration, a standard measure of toxicity. It tells how much of a substance is needed to kill half of a group of experimental organisms in a given time.

2. The concentration of a substance needed to kill half of a population at a specific time of observation.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-015613
FieldEnvironment
SubjectAir
AbbreviationLC50
SynonymsLC 50; LC
ReferencesTerms of Environment; I-BEAM Glossary of Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-015613",
  "term": "Lethal Concentration",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Median level concentration, a standard measure of toxicity. It tells how much of a substance is needed to kill half of a group of experimental organisms in a given time.\n\n2. The concentration of a substance needed to kill half of a population at a specific time of observation.",
  "abbreviation": "LC50",
  "synonyms": [
    "LC 50",
    "LC"
  ],
  "subject": "Air",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment",
    "I-BEAM Glossary of Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/lethal-concentration/"
}

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