overdose
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vərˌdoʊs;
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| overdose | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (esp of drugs) an excessive dose |
| —vb | |
| 2. | to take an excessive dose or give an excessive dose to |
| over'dosage | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
overdose
1700 (n.), "an excessive dose," 1727 (v.), "to administer medicine in too large a dose" (trans.), from over + dose. Meaning "to take an overdose of drugs" is first attested 1973.
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Medical Dictionary
overdose o·ver·dose (ō'vər-dōs')
n.
An excessive dose, especially of a narcotic.
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Example sentences
Yes, it was an overdose of disgusting food served at an interview dinner.
Propoxyphene overdose occurs when someone takes too much of this medicine.
Not long after, she killed herself with an overdose of sleeping pills.
He spent several days in intensive care before recovering from the overdose.
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