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biological effective dose; abbreviated, BED (s) (noun), biological effective doses (pl)
The amount of a substance that is sufficient to bring about some significant physiological changes in the affected organism; specifically, the level of exposure to a toxic substance that is required to produce a harmful effect: The doctors continue to study the biological effective doses of radiation that are being administered to treat the skin cancer of Mark's cousin.
This entry is located in the following units: bio-, bi-, -bia, -bial, -bian, -bion, -biont, -bius, -biosis, -bium, -biotic, -biotical (page 18) dat-, dos-, dot-, dow-, don-, dit- (page 2)
A unit related to: “bed”
clino-, clin-, -clinal, -cline, -clinic
(Greek: bed; slope, slant; to lean, leaning; an ecological term; in the sense of a slope or gradient)