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effective half-life

See half-life.

effective half-life (ehl),

the time required for a radioactive element in an animal body to be diminished by 50% as a result of radioactive decay and biologic elimination. The effective half-life is equal to the product of the biologic half-life (bhl) and the radioactive half-life (rhl) divided by the sum of the bhl and the rhl: ehl |m= (bhl × rhl)/(bhl + rhl). See also biologic half-life.

effective half-life,

n See life, radioactive.

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