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half life: the time required for something to fall to half its initial value (in particular, the time for half the atoms in a radioactive substance to disintegrate)
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The time needed for one-half of a given amount of radioactive substance to decay.
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The time required for the level of a substance in the body (eg, a drug or toxin) to be reduced by half.
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The length of time in which one-half of the nuclei of an unstable isotope of an element decay into smaller nuclei (releasing energy).
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The time it takes for half of a drug dose to be eliminated from the bloodstream (or to be inactivated).
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