Definitions for overdoseˈoʊ vərˌdoʊs; ˈoʊ vərˌdoʊs, ˌoʊ vərˈdoʊs
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
o•ver•doseˈoʊ vərˌdoʊs; ˈoʊ vərˌdoʊs, ˌoʊ vərˈdoʊs(n.; v.)-dosed, -dos•ing.
(n.)an excessive dose of a drug.
Category: Pharmacology
(v.i.)to take an excessive dose, esp. of a narcotic.
(v.t.)to give an excessive dose to.
Princeton's WordNet
overdose, o.d.(verb)
dose too heavily
"The rock star overdosed and was found dead in his hotel room"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
overdose(noun)ˈoʊ vərˌdoʊs; v. ˈoʊ vərˌdoʊs, ˌoʊ vərˈdoʊs
too much of a drug
to take an overdose
Wiktionary
overdose(Noun)
An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.
die of a heroin overdose
overdose(Verb)
To dose excessively, to take an overdose.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Overdose
An accidental or deliberate dose of a medication or street drug that is in excess of what is normally used.
Translations for overdose
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- oordosisAfrikaans
- جُرْعَه مُفْرَطَهArabic
- свръх дозаBulgarian
- overdosePortuguese (BR)
- předávkováníCzech
- dieÜberdosisGerman
- overdosisDanish
- υπερβολική δόσηGreek
- sobredosisSpanish
- liiga suur annusEstonian
- مقدار بیش از حد داروFarsi
- yliannostusFinnish
- surdoseFrench
- מְנַת יֶתֶרHebrew
- दवा इत्यादि की अधिक मात्राHindi
- prekomjerna dozaCroatian
- túladagolásHungarian
- dosis berlebihanIndonesian
- of stór skammturIcelandic
- dose eccessiva, overdoseItalian
- 過量Japanese
- 과량(過量)Korean
- per didelė dozėLithuanian
- pārāk liela devaLatvian
- dos sst berlebihanMalay
- overdosisDutch
- overdoseNorwegian
- przedawkowanie, zbyt duża dawkaPolish
- مقدار بیش از حد داروPersian
- له ټاكلى حده زيات داروPashto
- dose excessivaPortuguese
- supradozăRomanian
- передозировкаRussian
- predávkovanieSlovak
- prevelika dozaSlovenian
- predozirati seSerbian
- överdosSwedish
- ปริมาณยาที่มากเกินไปThai
- aşırı dozTurkish
- 用藥過量Chinese (Trad.)
- надмірна доза; передозуванняUkrainian
- خوراک سے زيادہUrdu
- quá liềuVietnamese
- 用药过量Chinese (Simp.)
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