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effective dose (plural effective doses)

  2. (biology, medicine) The lowest pharmaceutical dosage required to cause effect in 50% of individuals.
    Hypernym: dose
    Coordinate terms: LD50, IC50
  4. (biology, medicine) The 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).
    Hypernyms: radiation dose < dose
    Coordinate terms: equivalent dose, committed dose; absorbed dose
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