Medical Definition of First-order kinetics

1. A term describing the reaction rate of a chemical reaction in which the rate is proportional to the concentration (in moles) of only one of the reactants. Such a reaction might have an equation like rate = k[A], where k is the reaction rate constant and [A] is the concentration of a reactant A. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of First-order Kinetics

first-come-first-served
first-degree
first-degree burn
first-degree burns
first-degree murder
first-floor
first-footing
first-generation
first-half
first-hand
first-mover
first-name
first-nighter
first-order
first-order correlation
first-order kinetics (current term)
first-order logic
first-order reaction
first-order spectrum
first-party
first-past-the-post
first-person
first-person plural
first-person plurals
first-person shooter
first-person shooters
first-person singular
first-person singulars
first-place finish

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