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Acceptable daily intake(health)
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Acceptable daily intake (health)


Estimate of the amount of a substance in Food or drinking water, expressed on a body mass basis (usually mg/kg body weight), which can be ingested daily over a lifetime by humans without appreciable Health risk. For calculation of the daily intake per person, a standard body mass of 60 kg is used. The acceptable daily intake is normally used for Food additives (tolerable daily intake is used for contaminants). Abbreviated ADI.





secernent (medicine)


secernent
<physiology> Secreting; secretory.

Origin: L. Secernens, p.pr.

1. That which promotes secretion.

2. <anatomy> A vessel in, or by means of, which the process of secretion takes place; a secreting vessel.

Source: Websters Dictionary