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Biological Half-Life |
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half-life (haf´līf) the time required for the decay of half of a sample of particles of a radionuclide or elementary particles; symbol t 1/2 or T 1/2.
antibody half-life a measure of the mean survival time of antibody molecules following their formation, usually expressed as the time required to eliminate 50 per cent of a known quantity of immunoglobulin from the animal body. Half-life varies from one immunoglobulin class to another. biological half-life the time required for a living tissue, organ, or organism to eliminate one-half of a radioactive substance which has been introduced into it.
Biological Half-Life Biology The time required for one half of the total amount of a particular substance in a biological system to be degraded by biological processes when the rate of removal is nearly exponential
Nuclear physics The length of time required for one half of a radioactive substance to be biologically eliminated from the body biological half-life T1/2 Biology The time required for 1⁄2 of the total amount of a particular substance in a biologic system to be degraded by biological processes when the rate of removal is nearly exponential Radiation
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