Also known as: dl_
DL has various meanings in the Medical category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of DL in Medical.
A 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.
MedicalA metric unit of capacity, equal to one tenth of a litre.
MedicalA unit of measure-ment of liquid equal to one tenth of a litre.
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