Medical Definition of Lethal equivalent

1. A combination of selective effects that on average have the same impact on the composition of the gene pool as one death; e.g., two carriers at 50% risk of dying would be the lethal equivalent of one carrier at 100% risk, in the population genetics of recessive traits lethal equivalent is expressed as twice the sum of the expected number of deaths ascribable to the genetic load. Expression used of the genetic load of recessive genes in heterozygous state that if in homozygous state would cause death or carry a risk of death. The expected number of deaths from all such genes is expressed in lethal equivalent. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lethal Equivalent

letcha
letched
letches
letching
letchings
letchy
letdown
letdowns
lethal agent
lethal coefficient
lethal dose
lethal dose 50
lethal dwarfism
lethal equivalent (current term)
lethal factor
lethal gene
lethal injection
lethal injections
lethal midline granuloma
lethal mutation
lethalities
lethality
lethality rate
lethally
lethals
lethargic
lethargic encephalitis
lethargic hypnosis

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