Medical Definition of Loading dose
1.
A quantity higher than the average or maintenance dose, used at the initiation of therapy to rapidly establish a desired level of the drug
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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