Also known as: dl_
DL has various meanings in the Chemistry category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of DL in Chemistry.
The lowest concentration of a chemical that can be reliably measured by a given laboratory testing method.
ChemistryA lethal dose is an indication of the lethality of a given substance or type of radiation. Because resistance varies from one individual to another, the 'lethal dose' represents a dose (usually recorded as dose per kilogram of subject body weight) at which a given percentage of subjects will die. The LD may be based on the standard person concept, a theoretical individual that has perfectly "normal" characteristics, and thus not apply to all sub-populations.
ChemistryA metric unit of capacity, equal to one tenth of a litre.
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