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lethality::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | deadliness |
| Type of | morbidity, morbidness, unwholesomeness |
| Has types | fatality |
| Derivation | lethal |
Examples of lethality
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Lymphoproliferative disorders with early lethality in mice deficient in Ctla-4.
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Their lethality is better than that of a knife, but not by an exceptional amount.
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The non-lethality of the recent school knifing in China is a good example of this.
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Heterozygous embryonic lethality induced by targeted inactivation of the Vegf gene.
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This greatly increases the lethality against ballistic missiles of all types.
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Lethality may be determined by enumeration of survivors after incremental exposures.
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Lethality ranging up to 20% with death caused most often by intracranial hemorrhage.
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Since the Industrial Revolution, the lethality of modern warfare has steadily grown.
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The lethality and mutations of H5N1 bird flu make it a more serious threat.
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- Deadliness: the quality of being deadly
- Lethality is a term designating the ability of a weapon to kill. Most often this term is used when referring to chemical weapons, biological weapons, or their chemical components. The use of this term denotes the ability of these weapons to kill, but also the possibility that they may not kill. ...
- The likelihood a behavior (e.g., suicide attempt) will result in death.
- The results from an Ambient Toxicity test in which the sample had statistically significant higher mortality in the test organisms than the controls. This indicates a toxic condition.
- The ability of a toxicant to cause the death of exposed individuals or populations.
- The degree of danger that a person will probably kill himself or herself.
- The ability of any item to cause eventual death by its use or misuse. Contrast with the term Stopping Power or Wound Trauma Incapacitation.
- Is exemplified by Ebola, Green Monkey Disease, CJD, and AIDS.
- Capable of causing death. In suicidology, the progressive nature of suicide intention whereby vague thoughts or fantasies of suicide are followed by concrete actions or steps toward carrying out the suicidal impulse.
