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dose-response curve
[dohs-ri-spons]
noun
a curve plotting the relationship between the dose of a drug administered and its pharmacological effect.
Word History and Origins
Origin of dose-response curve1
Example Sentences
The dose-response curve from this undertaking is telling, because it clearly does not betray any obvious signs of correlation.
For example, typically, drugs are approved based upon a dose-response curve.
Not surprisingly, there is a dose-response curve: The more intense or prolonged the traumatic experience, the more significant the effects.
For some drugs, the dose-response curve is linear: twice the dose creates twice the effect.
And while one would expect cancer rates to increase with usage were this a cause, the dose-response curve betrayed no signs of correlation.
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