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- DictionaryDose/dōs/
noun
- 1. a quantity of a medicine or drug taken or recommended to be taken at a particular time: "he took a dose of cough medicine"
verb
- 1. administer a dose to (a person or animal): "he dosed himself with vitamins"
1. a. : the measured quantity of a therapeutic agent to be taken at one time. b. : the quantity of radiation administered or absorbed. 2. : a portion of a substance added during a process. 3. : an amount of something likened to a prescribed or measured quantity of medicine.
noun. a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time. a substance, situation, or quantity of anything analogous to medicine, especially of something disagreeable: Failing the exam was a hard dose to swallow. an amount of sugar added in the production of champagne.
DOSE definition: 1. a measured amount of something such as medicine: 2. an amount or experience of something, often…. Learn more.
A dose is the amount of medicine you're supposed to take. A bottle of aspirin has the recommended dose printed on its side. When your doctor prescribes medication, she tells you what dose you should take, whether it's one pill twice a day or two teaspoons just before bedtime.
A dose of medicine or a drug is a measured amount of it which is intended to be taken at one time. One dose of penicillin can wipe out the infection. Try to take your daily dose of the medicine at the same time each day.
an amount of a medicine or a drug that is taken once, or regularly over a period of time. a high/low/lethal dose. Repeat the dose after 12 hours if necessary. Take a single dose at bedtime to help you sleep. I always take my daily dose of vitamin C. Wordfinder.
a measured amount of medicine that is taken at one time or during a period of time: What is the recommended dose? a lethal dose. a dose of sth. B2. an amount of something, often something unpleasant: a dose of bad news. dose. verb [ T ] to give someone a drug or medicine.
Also called absorbed dose. the quantity of ionizing radiation absorbed by a unit mass of matter, especially living tissue, measured in grays: although increasingly disfavored, in the U.S. an absorbed dose may still be measured in rads.
dose meaning, definition, what is dose: the amount of a medicine or a drug that ...: Learn more.
Definition of dose verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
