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–noun

1.	a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.

2.	a substance, situation, or quantity of anything analogous to medicine, esp. of something disagreeable: Failing the exam was a hard dose to swallow.

3.	an amount of sugar added in the production of champagne.

Physics.

a.	Also called absorbed dose. the quantity of ionizing radiation absorbed by a unit mass of matter, esp. living tissue: measured in gray or rad.

b.	exposure dose.

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.

–verb (used without object)

9.	to take a dose of medicine.

[Origin: 1590–1600; earlier dos < LL dosis < Gk dósis a giving

]

—Related forms

doser, noun

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n.

1. A specified quantity of a therapeutic agent, such as a drug or medicine, prescribed to be taken at one time or at stated intervals.
2. The amount of radiation administered as therapy to a given site.
An ingredient added, especially to wine, to impart flavor or strength.
An amount, especially of something unpleasant, to which one is subjected: a dose of hard luck.
Slang A venereal infection.

tr.v. dosed, dos·ing, dos·es

To give (someone) a dose, as of medicine.
To give or prescribe (medicine) in specified amounts.

[French, from Late Latin dosis, from Greek, something given, from didonai, to give; see dō- in Indo-European roots.]

dos'er n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
dose

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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dose
noun
1.	a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
2.	the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
3.	a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
4.	street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
verb
1.	treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; "The ray dosed the paint"
2.	administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist" [syn: drug]

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dose1 [dəus] noun

the quantity of medicine etc to be taken at one time
Example: It's time you had a dose of your medicine.

Arabic:	جُرْعَةُ دَواء
Chinese (Simplified):	（药的）剂量
Chinese (Traditional):	(藥的)劑量
Czech:	dávka
Danish:	dosis
Dutch:	dosis
Estonian:	annus
Finnish:	annos
French:	dose
German:	die Dosis
Greek:	δόση
Hungarian:	adag
Icelandic:	lyfjaskammtur
Indonesian:	dosis
Italian:	dose

Japanese:	服用量
Korean:	?약의) 1회 복용량
Latvian:	deva
Lithuanian:	dozė, porcija
Norwegian:	dose, porsjon
Polish:	dawka
Portuguese (Brazil):	dose
Portuguese (Portugal):	dose
Romanian:	doză
Russian:	доза
Slovak:	dávka
Slovenian:	odmerek
Spanish:	dosis
Swedish:	dos
Turkish:	doz

dose2 [dəus] noun

an unpleasant thing (especially an illness) which one is forced to suffer
Example: a nasty dose of flu

Arabic:	جُرْعَةٌ من (شَيء سَيِّء)
Chinese (Simplified):	一场病
Chinese (Traditional):	一場病
Czech:	nápor
Danish:	omgang
Dutch:	aanval
Estonian:	(haigus)hoog
Finnish:	kiusa
French:	attaque
German:	die Portion
Greek:	ασθένεια
Hungarian:	kellemetlen dolog
Icelandic:	skammtur; kast
Indonesian:	serangan
Italian:	attacco

Japanese:	いやなもの
Korean:	불쾌한 일
Latvian:	deva
Lithuanian:	porcija
Norwegian:	omgang
Polish:	dawka, porcja
Portuguese (Brazil):	dose
Portuguese (Portugal):	carga
Romanian:	acces
Russian:	порция
Slovak:	nápor
Slovenian:	doza
Spanish:	ataque
Swedish:	omgång, släng
Turkish:	hoşa gitmeyen şey, berbat bir grip

dose [dəus] verb

to give medicine to
Example: She dosed him with aspirin.

Arabic:	يُعْطي جُرْعَة دَواء
Chinese (Simplified):	给某人服药
Chinese (Traditional):	給某人服藥
Czech:	podat dávku
Danish:	dosere
Dutch:	behandelen
Estonian:	ravimiannust andma
Finnish:	antaa lääkeannos
French:	administrer (un médicament)
German:	Arznei geben
Greek:	χορηγώ δόση φαρμάκου
Hungarian:	gyógyszerel
Icelandic:	setja á lyfjagjöf
Indonesian:	memberi obat
Italian:	somministrare una medicina*

Japanese:	薬を与える
Korean:	약을 먹이다
Latvian:	dot zāļu devu
Lithuanian:	duoti (vaistus)
Norwegian:	gi en dose, dosere
Polish:	leczyć, aplikować
Portuguese (Brazil):	administrar
Portuguese (Portugal):	medicar
Romanian:	a administra (un medicament)
Russian:	давать дозу лекарства
Slovak:	dávať, podať
Slovenian:	dati zdravilo
Spanish:	medicinar
Swedish:	ge medicin, medicinera
Turkish:	ilâç vermek

See also: dosage

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Dose

An"ec*dote\, n. [F. anecdote, fr. Gr. ? not published; 'an priv. + ? given out, ? to give out, to publish; ? out + ? to give. See Dose, n.]

1. pl. Unpublished narratives. --Burke.

2. A particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single passage of private life.

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Dose

An"ti*dote\, n. [L. antidotum, Gr. ? (sc. ?), fr. ? given against; ? against + ? to give: cf. F. antidote. See Dose, n.]

1. A remedy to counteract the effects of poison, or of anything noxious taken into the stomach; -- used with against, for, or to; as, an antidote against, for, or to, poison.

2. Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce.

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