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
- Dose, teaspoonful to one-half wineglassful, as needed. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Well, you know, Standish, every dose you take is an experiment-an experiment, you know, said Mr. Brooke, nodding towards the lawyer. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Take at one dose at 10 o’clock in the morning, having eaten no breakfast and having taken a full dose of Rochelle salts the previous night. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I shall close this book, and take my full dose--five hundred drops. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Lydgate made her drink a dose of sal volatile. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I have thought it over, and have decided on increasing the dose. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And I'll give you such a dose, old woman--such a dose! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Those who have used such preparations freely, know that a child usually becomes fretful and irritable between doses, and can be quieted only by larger and more frequent supplies. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The thought was, that he had not told Mrs. Abel when the doses of opium must cease. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- How many doses of good advice have I given you in my time? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- My sister made a dive at me, and fished me up by the hair, saying nothing more than the awful words, You come along and be dosed. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And that the crying of the miserable man should not be heard, they dosed his mouth that the voice might be stopped. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It might not be known to the meeting that boracic acid had been used for a great many years for preserving food, and in fact many of them in summer time had their milk well dosed with it. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
Edited by Annabel