Lethal Dose

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
LD
Pronunciation
/ˈliθəl doʊs/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Physiology

Examples in Context

  1. Someone had fed him a lethal dose of cyanide
  2. The lethal dose of a barbiturate is far less if alcohol is also ingested.
  3. Prosecutors said he acted with gross negligence and gave Jackson a lethal dose of the sedative propofol that caused his death in June 2009.
  4. Michael Jackson's doctor has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter after he administered a lethal dose of a powerful anaesthetic that killed the pop star.
  5. All of the rabbits and guinea-pigs vaccinated could resist intracerebral ( ic ) or intramuscular ( im ) challenge with lethal dose of CVS strain.

Other meanings of LD