lethal doses
Deadly quantity thresholds
Lethal doses are amounts of a substance sufficient to cause death.
The term appears most often in toxicology and pharmacology, where the lethal dose for various compounds is measured in laboratory settings.
A single lethal dose kills; multiple lethal doses indicates an amount far exceeding what's needed: The autopsy revealed three lethal doses of fentanyl in his system.
- fatalCausing death or ruin
- poisonsHarmful ingested substances
- poison pillDefense against hostile takeovers
- rat poisonToxic substance targeting rodents
- cyanideToxic carbon-nitrogen compound
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