[dohs] 
noun, verb, dosed, dos⋅ing.| 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. |
| 4. | Physics.
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| 5. | Slang. a case of gonorrhea or syphilis. |
| 6. | to administer in or apportion for doses. |
| 7. | to give a dose of medicine to. |
| 8. | to add sugar to (champagne) during production. |
| 9. | to take a dose of medicine. |
absorbed dose n.
The quantity of radiation energy, expressed in rads, that is administered or absorbed per unit mass of target.
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.