Dose

[dəʊs] or [dos]

Definition

(noun.) a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.

(noun.) the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time.

(verb.) treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; 'The ray dosed the paint'.

Edited by Elise--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.

(n.) A sufficient quantity; a portion; as much as one can take, or as falls to one to receive.

(n.) Anything nauseous that one is obliged to take; a disagreeable portion thrust upon one.

(n.) To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses.

(n.) To give doses to; to medicine or physic to; to give potions to, constantly and without need.

(n.) To give anything nauseous to.

Checker: Maryann

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Prescribed portion (of medicine), drench, draught.[2]. Sufficient quantity.

v. a. Administer a dose to, give doses to.

Editor: Rosanne

Definition

n. the quantity of medicine given to be taken at one time: a portion: anything disagreeable that must be taken.—v.t. to order or give in doses: to give anything nauseous to.—ns. Dōs′age a practice or method of dosing; Dosim′eter an apparatus for measuring minute quantities of liquid.—adj. Dosimet′ric.—n. Dosol′ogy the science of doses—also Dosiol′ogy.

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Examples

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