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.
a.
Also called absorbed dose. the quantity of ionizing radiation absorbed by a unit mass of matter, especially living tissue: measured in gray or rad.
5.
Slang. a case of gonorrhea or syphilis.
verb (used with object)
6.
to administer in or apportion for doses.
7.
to give a dose of medicine to.
8.
to add sugar to (champagne) during production.
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verb (used without object)
9.
to take a dose of medicine.
Origin:
1590–1600; earlier dos < Late Latin dosis < Greek dósis a giving
1590–1600; earlier dos < Late Latin dosis < Greek dósis a giving
Related forms
dos·er, noun
su·per·dose, noun
un·der·dose, noun
un·der·dose, verb (used with object), un·der·dosed, un·der·dos·ing.
well-dosed, adjective
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dose (dəʊs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 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 |
| —vb | |
| 7. | to administer a dose or doses to (someone) |
| 8. | med to give (a therapeutic drug or agent) in appropriate quantities |
| 9. | ( |
| 10. | to add syrup to (wine) during bottling |
| [C15: from French, from Late Latin dosis, from Greek: a giving, from didonai to give] | |
| 'doser | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
dose
c.1600, from M.Fr. dose, from L.L. dosis, from Gk. dosis "a portion prescribed," lit. "a giving," used by Galen and other Gk. physicians to mean an amount of medicine, from didonai "to give" (see date (1)). Slang meaning "venereal disease" is from 1914.
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Medical Dictionary
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.
To give or prescribe something, such as medicine, in specified amounts.
To give someone a dose, as of medicine.
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Example sentences
They have shown that which circuit is activated depends not only on the type of receptor a drug acts on, but also the dose given.
Patients with a mild version of the disease who took a high dose of the drug had a slower rate of decline than those who did not.
The worm is then funnelled into an incubation well and exposed to a dose of the potential drug.
It is much harder and riskier to pick up a dose of cocaine than it is to buy a bottle of whisky.
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