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The amount of time required to remove half of the original amount of drug from the body, half-life.<\/p>\n

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The time required to reduce the concentration of a drug in the blood, plasma, or serum by 50%. This is a measure of the rate of drug distribution and elimination.<\/p>\n

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The period of time necessary for the radioactivity within an organism to decrease by half its initial value through natural biological excretion processes.<\/p>\n

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