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dose

  [dohs] noun, verb, dosed, dos⋅ing.
–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.
4. 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.
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Origin:
1590–1600; earlier dos < LL dosis < Gk dósis a giving

Related forms:
doser, noun

exposure dose

 
–noun Physics.
a measure of radiation based on the ability to produce ionization: expressed in roentgens.
Also called dose.
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dose   (dōs)   
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.

  2. An ingredient added, especially to wine, to impart flavor or strength.

  3. An amount, especially of something unpleasant, to which one is subjected: a dose of hard luck.

  4. Slang A venereal infection.

tr.v.   dosed, dos·ing, dos·es

  1. To give (someone) a dose, as of medicine.

  2. 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1dose
Pronunciation: 'dOs
Function: noun
1 a : the measured quantity of a therapeutic agent to be taken at one time b : the quantity of radiation administered or absorbed
2 : a gonorrheal infection

Main Entry: 2dose
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: dosed; dos·ing
transitive senses
1 : to divide (as a medicine)into doses
2 : to give a dose to; especially : to give medicine to
3 : to treat with an application or agent dose intransitivesenses
: to take medicine dosing but he gets worse>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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dose (dōs)
n.
Abbr. D.

  1. A specified quantity of a therapeutic agent, such as a drug, prescribed to be taken at one time or at stated intervals.

  2. The amount of radiation administered as therapy to a given site.

v. dosed, dos·ing, dos·es

  1. To give or prescribe something, such as medicine, in specified amounts.

  2. To give someone a dose, as of medicine.

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