effective dose

noun

The lowest pharmaceutical dosage required to cause effect in 50% of individuals.

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Meanings

nouneffective dose (plural effective doses)

plural effective doses

  1. biologyThe lowest pharmaceutical dosage required to cause effect in 50% of individuals.
  2. biologyThe radiation dose as adjusted by factors for radiation type and for tissue type. Like several other dose types, expressed by SI in sieverts (non-SI, in rems).
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