sublethal dose

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sublethal dose

[-lē′thəl]

Etymology: L, sub, beneath, letum, death; Gk, dosis, giving

a dose of a potentially lethal substance that is not large enough to cause death.

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No references found			Animal studies have shown that intravenous injection of sublethal doses of S aureus failed to initiate infection unless muscles were traumatised by electric shock, pincing, or ischaemia. Piriformis pyomyositis: a report of three cases by C H Wong and S H Choi and K Y Wong / Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery They found that exposing the plants to certain sublethal doses of electric current produced 13 times higher amounts of pisatin than vegetation that was not exposed to electricity. Exposing plants to electricity can boost production of useful plant ... by USA Today (Magazine) Conventional tests of the toxicity of gases and vapors, in which laboratory animals are exposed to lethal or sublethal doses of chemicals, have been criticized as expensive, unethical, inhumane, and time-consuming. More human, more humane: a new approach for testing airborne ... by Potera, Carol / Environmental Health Perspectives			subinternship subintimal subinvolution subjacent subject subject contrast subjective subjective data collection Subjective Global Assessment subjective health status subjective probability estimate subjective sensation subjective symptom subjective symptoms subjective units of distress subjective vertigo subjects subjugal subkingdom sublatio sublatio retinae sublation sublesional sublethal sublethal allele sublethal dose subleukemic leukemia sublimate sublimation Sublimaze sublime subliminal subliminal self sublingual sublingual administration of a medication sublingual artery sublingual caruncle sublingual cyst sublingual duct sublingual fold sublingual gland sublingual nerve sublingual pit sublingual testosterone sublingual vein sublinguitis sublobular sublobular veins subluxate subluxation subluxation complex			Sublato principali tollitur adjunctum sublease sublease sublease sublease subleased subleased subleased subleased subleases subleases subleases subleases subleasing subleasing subleasing subleasing Subledger Subledger Accounting Sublenticular Extended Amygdala sublesional Sublessee sublessor sublet sublet sublet sublet sublethal sublethal sublethal allele sublethal dose sublethal gene Sublethal Hemorrhage sublethally sublethally sublets sublets sublets sublets Sublette County Sublette County, WY Sublette County, Wyoming Sublette, William Lewis subletting subletting subletting subleukemic subleukemic leukemia subleukemic leukemia subleukemic leukemia sublevatio Sublevation sublevel sublevel caving sublevel drive Sublevel set sublevel stoping Sublibrarian sublica sublicense sublicensed

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