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o⋅ver⋅dose

  [n. oh-ver-dohs; v. oh-ver-dohs, oh-ver-dohs]
–noun, verb, -dosed, -dos⋅ing.
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Origin:
1680–90; over- + dose
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o·ver·dose   (ō'vər-dōs')   
n.  An excessive dose, especially of a narcotic.
v.   (ō'vər-dōs') o·ver·dosed, o·ver·dos·ing, o·ver·dos·es

v.   intr.
To take an overdose.
v.   tr.
To administer too large a dose or too many doses to.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1over·dose
Pronunciation: 'O-v&r-"dOs
Function: noun
: too great a dose (as of a therapeutic agent) overdoseof exposure to the sun —Morris Fishbein>; also : a lethal or toxic amount (as of a drug)

Main Entry: 2over·dose
Pronunciation: "O-v&r-'dOs
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -dosed; -dos·ing
transitivesenses
: to give an overdose or too many doses to intransitive senses
: to take an overdose
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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overdose o·ver·dose (ō'vər-dōs')
n.
An excessive dose, especially of a narcotic.

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