Lethal Dose 50

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-015619",
  "term": "Lethal Dose 50",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definitions": [
    "1. The dose of a toxicant that will kill 50% of test organisms within a designated period of time. The lower the LD 50, the more toxic the compound.\n\n2. Also referred to as LD50, the dose of a toxicant that will kill 50 percent of test organisms within a designated period of time; the lower the LD 50, the more toxic the compound.\n\n3. Dose lethal to 50% of the animals.",
    "The dose of a toxicant or microbe that will kill 50 percent of the test organisms within a designated period. The lower the LD50, the more toxic the compound."
  ],
  "abbreviation": [
    "LD 50",
    "LD50"
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    "LD50"
  ],
  "subject": [
    "General environmental",
    "Health and safety"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms; Pesticides Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Abbreviation and Acronym List",
    "EPA 2005b, EPA 2005e"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/lethal-dose-50/"
}