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dose
[ dohs ]
noun
- a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- a substance, situation, or quantity of anything analogous to medicine, especially of something disagreeable:
Failing the exam was a hard dose to swallow.
- an amount of sugar added in the production of champagne.
- Physics.
- Also called absorbed dose. the quantity of ionizing radiation absorbed by a unit mass of matter, especially living tissue, measured in grays: although increasingly disfavored, in the U.S. an absorbed dose may still be measured in rads.
- Slang. a case of gonorrhea or syphilis.
verb (used with object)
, dosed, dos·ing.
- to administer in or apportion for doses.
- to give a dose of medicine to.
- to add sugar to (champagne) during production.
verb (used without object)
, dosed, dos·ing.
- to take a dose of medicine.
dose
/ dəʊs /
noun
- med a specific quantity of a therapeutic drug or agent taken at any one time or at specified intervals
- informal.something unpleasant to experience
a dose of influenza
- Also calleddosage the total energy of ionizing radiation absorbed by unit mass of material, esp of living tissue; usually measured in grays (SI unit) or rads
- Also calleddosage a small amount of syrup added to wine, esp sparkling wine, when the sediment is removed and the bottle is corked
- slang.a venereal infection, esp gonorrhoea
- like a dose of saltsvery quickly indeed
verb
- to administer a dose or doses to (someone)
- med to give (a therapeutic drug or agent) in appropriate quantities
- often foll by up to give (someone, esp oneself) drugs, medicine, etc, esp in large quantities
- to add syrup to (wine) during bottling
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Derived Forms
- ˈdoser, noun
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Other Words From
- dos·er noun
- su·per·dose noun
- un·der·dose noun
- un·der·dose verb (used with object) underdosed underdosing
- well-dosed adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dose1
First recorded in 1590–1600; French , from Late Latin dosis, from Greek dósis “a giving, gift,” derivative of didónai “to give”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dose1
C15: from French, from Late Latin dosis, from Greek: a giving, from didonai to give
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