Dose
noun
1.
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
2.
a substance, situation, or quantity of anything analogous to medicine, especially of something disagreeable:
Failing the exam was a hard dose to swallow.
3.
an amount of sugar added in the production of champagne.
4.
Physics.
Also called absorbed dose. the quantity of ionizing radiation absorbed by a unit mass of matter, especially living tissue: measured in gray or rad.
exposure dose.
5.
Slang. a case of gonorrhea or syphilis.
verb (used with object), dosed, dosing.
6.
to administer in or apportion for doses.
7.
to give a dose of medicine to.
8.
to add sugar to (champagne) during production.
verb (used without object), dosed, dosing.
9.
to take a dose of medicine.
noun
1.
(med) a specific quantity of a therapeutic drug or agent taken at any one time or at specified intervals
2.
(informal) something unpleasant to experience: a dose of influenza
3.
Also called dosage. the total energy of ionizing radiation absorbed by unit mass of material, esp of living tissue; usually measured in grays (SI unit) or rads
4.
Also called dosage. a small amount of syrup added to wine, esp sparkling wine, when the sediment is removed and the bottle is corked
5.
(slang) a venereal infection, esp gonorrhoea
6.
like a dose of salts, very quickly indeed
verb (transitive)
7.
to administer a dose or doses to (someone)
8.
(med) to give (a therapeutic drug or agent) in appropriate quantities
9.
(often foll by up) to give (someone, esp oneself) drugs, medicine, etc, esp in large quantities
10.
to add syrup to (wine) during bottling
dose (dōs)
n.
Abbr. D.
A specified quantity of a therapeutic agent, such as a drug, prescribed to be taken at one time or at stated intervals.
The amount of radiation administered as therapy to a given site.
v. dosed, dos·ing, dos·es
To give or prescribe something, such as medicine, in specified amounts.
To give someone a dose, as of medicine.
dose
verb
To infect with a venereal disease, esp gonorrhea: What’s going to happen is that you’ll get dosed (1914+)
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