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biological half-life

n.
See half-life.
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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
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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 physics The length of time required for1/2 of a radioactive substance to be biologically eliminated from the body
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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