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Allen-Doisy unit (medicine)


Allen-Doisy unit


The quantity of oestrogen capable of producing in a spayed mouse a characteristic change in the vaginal epithelium, namely, disappearance of leukocytes and appearance of cornified cells, as determined by a vaginal smear; equal approximately to one-half of an estrone unit.

Synonym: mouse unit.