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Physical Phenomena > Time > Half-Life

Preferred term

Half-Life  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The time it takes for a substance (drug, radioactive nuclide, or other) to lose half of its pharmacologic, physiologic, or radiologic activity.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Halflife

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-BLCCT8LH-2

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