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lethal dose-50 (LD50). LD50 is also known as MLD. It is the dose of the toxicant that causes death of the 50% animals under defined conditions like species, route of exposure, and duration of exposure. It is a commonly used measure of toxicity
Therefore a population-level measure of toxicity is often used. ... a lethal dose given to animals to determine the toxicity of a toxin.