Phrase Hound found 20 phrases and 18 compound words that contain lethal. The most common are listed below. Open lethal in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 20
- lethal injectionA means of execution or of euthanasia in which a person is injected with a fatal dose of drugs.
- lethal doseThe dose of a substance or of radiation likely to cause death (sometimes suffixed with a number).
- non-lethalNot capable of causing death.
- lethal chamberA gas chamber, especially one used for euthanizing animals.
- less-lethalSynonym of non-lethal: Not capable of causing death.
- lethal geneAny gene that brings about the death of an organism carrying it; usually the result of a mutation.
- lethal genesplural of lethal gene: Any gene that brings about the death of an organism carrying it; usually the result of a mutation.
- lethal injectionsplural of lethal injection: A means of execution or of euthanasia in which a person is injected with a fatal dose of drugs.
- lethal white syndromeA fatal autosomal genetic disorder of horses, resulting in a white coat, blue eyes, and a non-functioning colon.
- lethal yellowingA phytoplasma disease that attacks many species of palm tree.
- lethal congenital contracture syndromeA genetic disorder characterized by total immobility of a fetus, leading to prenatal death.
- lethal chambersplural of lethal chamber: A gas chamber, especially one used for euthanizing animals.
- lethal dosesplural of lethal dose: The dose of a substance or of radiation likely to cause death (sometimes suffixed with a number).
- lethal timeSynonym of median lethal time: The average time interval during which 50% of a given population may be expected to die following the administration of a chemical or physical agent at a given concentration.
- lethal zoneSynonym of death zone: An area of land at sufficiently high altitudes in which there is not enough oxygen to sustain human life.
- lethal zonesplural of lethal zone: An area of land at sufficiently high altitudes in which there is not enough oxygen to sustain human life.
- lethal chamberedsimple past and past participle of lethal chamber
- coat color dilution lethalSynonym of lavender foal syndrome: An autosomal-recessive genetic disorder affecting newborn foals of certain Arabian horse bloodlines, and resulting in severe neurological abnormalities and an inability to stand.
- median lethal timeThe average time interval during which 50% of a given population may be expected to die following the administration of a chemical or physical agent at a given concentration.
- median lethal timesplural of median lethal time: The average time interval during which 50% of a given population may be expected to die following the administration of a chemical or physical agent at a given concentration.
Compound words 18
- lethalnessThe state or quality of being lethal; lethality.
- delethalizationMaking something not lethal, or less lethal; delethalizing.
- delethalizeto make not lethal, or less lethal
- superlethalExtremely lethal.
- colethallethal in the presence of another
- cytolethalThat is lethal to cells
- haplolethallethal if haploid
- hyperlethalMore than usually lethal
- semilethallethal to at least half of all affected organisms
- supralethalGreater than a lethal dosage