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1. (n.) dose
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
2. dose
an intense and often disagreeable experience:
a dose of bad luck.
3. dose
an amount of sugar solution added in the production of sparkling wine.
4. dose
the amount of radiation to which something has been exposed or the amount that has been absorbed by a given mass of material, esp. living tissue.
5. dose
Slang. a case of gonorrhea.
6. (v.t.) dose
to give a dose of medicine to.
7. dose
to administer in doses.
8. dose
to add sugar to (wine) during production.
9. (v.i.) dose
to take a dose of medicine.
Etymology: (1590–1600; earlier dos < LL dosis < Gk dósis act of giving, dose =(di)dó(nai) to give +-sis-sis)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) dose, dosage
a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
2. (noun) dose, dosage
the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
3. (noun) venereal disease, VD, venereal infection, social disease, Cupid's itch, Cupid's disease, Venus's curse, dose, sexually transmitted disease, STD
a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
4. (verb) acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen
street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
5. (verb) dose
treat with an agent; add (an agent) to
"The ray dosed the paint"
6. (verb) drug, dose
administer a drug to
"They drugged the kidnapped tourist"
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1. (noun) dose
the permitted amount of medicine
a high dose of chemotherapy
2. dose
a period during which you experience sth
Give your class a daily dose of music.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) dose
the quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time
2. (noun) dose
a sufficient quantity; a portion; as much as one can take, or as falls to one to receive
3. (noun) dose
anything nauseous that one is obliged to take; a disagreeable portion thrust upon one
4. (noun) dose
to proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses
5. (noun) dose
to give doses to; to medicine or physic to; to give potions to, constantly and without need
6. (noun) dose
to give anything nauseous to
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Sense: the quantity of medicine etc to be taken at one time
It's time you had a dose of your medicine.
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 Afrikaans: dosis |
 Arabic: جُرْعَةُ دَواء |
 Bulgarian: доза |
 Brazilian: dose |
 Czech: dávka |
 German: die Dosis |
 Danish: dosis |
 Greek: δόση |
 Spanish: dosis |
 Estonian: annus |
 Farsi: میزان دارو؛ دوز |
 Finnish: annos |
 French: dose |
 Hebrew: מָנָה |
 Hindi: खुराक |
 Croatian: količina, mjera lijeka |
 Hungarian: adag |
 Indonesian: dosis |
 Icelandic: lyfjaskammtur |
 Italian: dose |
 Japanese: 服用量 |
 Korean: 복용량 |
 Lithuanian: dozė, porcija |
 Latvian: deva |
 Malay: dos |
 Dutch: dosis |
 Norwegian: dose, porsjon |
 Polish: dawka |
 Persian: میزان دارو؛ دوز |
 Pashto: ددرمل هغه اندازه چه په يو |
 Portuguese: dose |
 Romanian: doză |
 Russian: доза |
 Slovak: dávka |
 Slovenian: odmerek |
 Serbian: doza |
 Swedish: dos |
 Thai: ปริมาณยาที่ให้ต่อครั้ง |
 Turkish: doz |
 Taiwanese: (藥的)劑量 |
 Ukrainian: доза |
 Urdu: دوا کی ایک وقت میں دی جان |
 Vietnamese: liều |
 Chinese: （药的）剂量 |
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