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Concept information
Preferred term
half life
Type
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Topic
Definition
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The time it takes for a substance (drug, radioactive nuclide, or other) to lose half of its pharmacologic, physiologic, or radiologic activity.
Source: Medical Subject Headings 2013
Type: Concept definition
Broader concept
Synonyms
- half-life
- halflife
- half lives
- half-lives
In other languages
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Spanish
URI
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/44379
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