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Acceptable daily intake(health)
tolerable daily intake(medicine)
acceptable(dictionary)
acceptable(dictionary)
acceptable risk(medicine)
Acceptable Quality Level(money)
intake(dictionary)
intake(dictionary)
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diaper(1) (iou) and Acceptable daily intake (health)


diaper(1) (iou)



diaper noun & adjective. ME.
[Old French dia(s)pre from medieval Latin diasprum from medieval Greek diaspros adjective, formed as DIA-1 + aspros white.]
A. noun.
A kind of textile, since the 15th cent. a linen or cotton material woven so that it consists of a pattern of small diamonds, each filled with some device. ME.
A towel, napkin, etc., of this material; (now chiefly N. Amer.) a baby's nappy (orig. made of diaper). L16.
A geometrical or ornamental design in which a panel, shield, etc., is covered by diamonds; any space-filling geometrical pattern. M17.
b. adjective.
(Made) of diaper. LME.
Having a pattern of diamonds, diapered. LME.
diapery noun (rare) (a) diaper; (b) = DIAPERING (b): LME.

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.