Medical Dictionary

1equivalent

adj equiv·a·lent \-lənt\

Medical Definition of EQUIVALENT

1
:  corresponding or virtually identical especially in effect or function <drugs that are therapeutically equivalent>
2
:  having the same chemical combining capacity <equivalent quantities of two elements>
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