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biological half-life
(redirected from Elimination half-life)

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biological half-life [¦bī·ə¦läj·ə·kəl ′haf ‚līf]
(physiology)
The time required by the body to eliminate half of the amount of an administered substance through normal channels of elimination.


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At both doses, Glypromate(R) displayed an elimination half-life of 2 to 3 minutes, meaning that the concentration of Glypromate(R) in the blood halved every 2 to 3 minutes.
6 days, respectively, which are significantly shorter than the elimination half-life of Hg after MeHg exposure at 21.
Based on the relatively long elimination half-life of AVI-4065 and its mechanism of action, an irreversible binding to the viral genome preventing viral protein synthesis, a slow, steady liver loading with test drug was expected in patients with high levels of viral target in the liver.
 
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