dose

dose

 (dōs)

n.

1.

a. A specified quantity of a therapeutic agent, such as medicine, prescribed to be taken at one time or at stated intervals.

b. The amount of radiation administered as therapy to a given site.

2. An ingredient added, especially to wine, to impart flavor or strength.

3. An amount, especially of something unpleasant, to which one is subjected: a dose of hard luck.

4. Slang A venereal infection.

tr.v. dosed, dos·ing, dos·es

1. To give (someone) a dose, as of medicine.

2. To give or prescribe (medicine) in specified amounts.

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[French, from Late Latin dosis, from Greek, something given, from didonai, to give; see dō- in Indo-European roots.]

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dos′er n.

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dose

(dəʊs)

n

1. (Pharmacology) med a specific quantity of a therapeutic drug or agent taken at any one time or at specified intervals

2. informal something unpleasant to experience: a dose of influenza.

3. (General Physics) Also called: dosage the total energy of ionizing radiation absorbed by unit mass of material, esp of living tissue; usually measured in grays (SI unit) or rads

4. (Brewing) Also called: dosage a small amount of syrup added to wine, esp sparkling wine, when the sediment is removed and the bottle is corked

5. (Pathology) slang a venereal infection, esp gonorrhoea

6. like a dose of salts very quickly indeed

vb (tr)

7. (Medicine) to administer a dose or doses to (someone)

8. (Pharmacology) med to give (a therapeutic drug or agent) in appropriate quantities

9. (Pharmacology) (often foll by up) to give (someone, esp oneself) drugs, medicine, etc, esp in large quantities

10. (Brewing) to add syrup to (wine) during bottling

[C15: from French, from Late Latin dosis, from Greek: a giving, from didonai to give]

ˈdoser n

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dose

(doʊs)

n., v. dosed, dos•ing. n.

1. a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.

2. an intense and often disagreeable experience: a dose of bad luck.

3. an amount of sugar solution added in the production of sparkling wine.

4. 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. Slang. a case of gonorrhea.

v.t.

6. to give a dose of medicine to.

7. to administer in doses.

8. to add sugar to (wine) during production.

v.i.

9. to take a dose of medicine.

[1590–1600; earlier dos < Late Latin dosis < Greek dósis act of giving, dose =(di)dó(nai) to give + -sis -sis]

dos′er, n.

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dose

Past participle: dosed
Gerund: dosing

Imperative

dose

dose

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dose - a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time dosage booster dose, booster shot, recall dose, booster - an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective draught, draft - a dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft" hit - a dose of a narcotic drug lethal dose - the size dose that will cause death medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease lozenge, pill, tablet, tab - a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
	2.	dose - the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time dosage indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity
	3.	dose - a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact Cupid's disease, Cupid's itch, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, STD, VD, venereal disease, venereal infection, Venus's curse contagion, contagious disease - any disease easily transmitted by contact herpes genitalis - an infection caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) that is usually transmitted by sexual contact; marked by recurrent attacks of painful eruptions on the skin and mucous membranes of the genital area gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, clap - a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra granuloma inguinale, granuloma venereum - a venereal disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Calymmatobacterium; characterized by a pimply rash of the skin in the genital and groin region lues, lues venerea, pox, syph, syphilis - a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) LGV, lymphogranuloma venereum, lymphopathia venereum - infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium; transmitted by sexual contact; characterized by genital lesions and swelling of lymph nodes in the groin chlamydia - a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia
	4.	dose - street name for lysergic acid diethylamide Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, back breaker, battery-acid, window pane, acid, superman, pane, Zen, dot LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide - a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid
Verb	1.	dose - treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; "The ray dosed the paint" process, treat - subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill"
	2.	dose - administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist" drug practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put under, put out - administer an anesthetic drug to; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"; "anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth" medicine, medicate - treat medicinally, treat with medicine dope up, dope - give a narcotic to; "The athletes were dope by the coach before the race" o.d., overdose - dose too heavily; "The rock star overdosed and was found dead in his hotel room" narcotise, narcotize - administer narcotics to poison - administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did not die"

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dose

noun

1. measure, amount, allowance, portion, prescription, ration, draught, dosage, potion A dose of penicillin can wipe out infection.

2. quantity, amount, lot, measure, supply, portion a healthy dose of self-confidence

3. attack, spell, bout, stroke, burst, outbreak, flare-up, eruption I had a bad dose of flu.

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dose

verb

To administer or add a drug to:

drug, medicate, narcotize, opiate, physic.

Informal: dope (up).

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Translations

جُرْعَةجُرْعَةُ دَواءجُرْعَةٌ منيُعْطي جُرْعَة دَواء

dávkanáporpodat dávku

dosisomgangdosere

DosisPortion

δόση

dosismedicinartomaataquedosificar

annus

annoslääkeannos

doseattaque

doza

gyógyszerelkellemetlen dolog

lyfjaskammtursetja á lyfjagjöfskammtur; kast

dosesomministrare una medicinadosaggiodosare

服用量

복용량

dozėduotiporcija

devadot zāļu devu

dosis

dosedoseregi en dose

dawka

dose

доза

odmerek

dos

ปริมาณยาที่ให้แต่ละครั้ง

dozhoşa gitmeyen şeyilâç vermekberbat bir grip

liều

剂量给某人服药一段不愉快的遭遇

dose

[dəʊs]

A. N

1. [of medicine] → dosis f inv
like a dose of salts it went through her like a dose of salts → le hizo hacer de vientre en menos que canta un gallo

2. (fig) (= amount) → dosis f inv
in small doses → en pequeñas dosis or cantidades

3. [of flu] → ataque m

B. VT

1. (also dose up) → medicar (with con) to dose o.s. (up) → medicarse (with con)

2. [+ wine] → adulterar

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dose

[ˈdəʊs]

n

(MEDICINE) (= amount) [drug] → dose f; [radiation] → dose f
in small doses → à faible dose

(fig) [reality] → dose f

(British) (= attack)
my second dose of pneumonia → ma deuxième attaque de pneumonie
a dose of flu → une bonne grippe

vt
to dose o.s. → se bourrer de médicaments
to dose o.s with sth → se bourrer de qch
to dose sb with sth → administrer qch à qn

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dose

n

(Med) → Dosis f; (fig, of punishment etc) → Ration f; give him a dose of medicine → gib ihm Medizin; he needs a dose of his own medicine (fig) → man sollte es ihm mit gleicher Münze heimzahlen; in small/large doses (fig) → in kleinen/großen Mengen; she’s all right in small doses → sie ist nur (für) kurze Zeit zu ertragen

(inf, = venereal disease) → Tripper m; to catch a dose → sich (dat) → etwas holen (inf), → sich (dat) → den Tripper holen

(inf: = bout of illness) → Anfall m; she’s just had a dose of the flu → sie hat gerade Grippe gehabt

vt person → Arznei geben (+dat); I’ve tried dosing myself with cough mixture → ich habe versucht, mich mit Hustensaft zu kurieren

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dose

[dəʊs]

1. n (of medicine) → dose f (Brit) (of fever etc) → attacco
to get a dose of flu → prendersi l'influenza
in small doses (fig) → a piccole dosi

2. vt to dose sb with sth → somministrare qc a qn

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dose

(dəus) noun

1. the quantity of medicine etc to be taken at one time. It's time you had a dose of your medicine. dosis جُرْعَةُ دَواء доза dose dávka die Dosis dosis δόσηdosis annus میزان دارو؛ دوز annos doseמנה खुराक količina, mjera lijeka adag dosis lyfjaskammtur dose 服用量 복용량 dozė, porcija deva dos dosisdose, porsjondawka ددرمل هغه اندازه چه په يوه وخت خوړله كيږى dose doză доза dávka odmerek doza dos ปริมาณยาที่ให้ต่อครั้ง doz (藥的)劑量 доза دوا کی ایک وقت میں دی جانے والی خوراک liều （药的）剂量

2. an unpleasant thing (especially an illness) which one is forced to suffer. a nasty dose of flu. aanval جُرْعَةٌ من (شَيء سَيِّء) заболяване carga nápor die Portion omgang ασθένειαataque (haigus)hoog مورد ناخوشایند ikävä asia attaqueמנה कोई अप्रिय चीज जिससे जूझना पड़े doza kellemetlen dolog serangan skammtur; kast attacco いやなもの 불쾌한 경험 porcija deva yang tidak disangka aanvalomgangdawka, porcja مورد ناخوشایند carga acces порция nápor doza zaraza omgång, släng สิ่งที่ทรมาน hoşa gitmeyen şey, berbat bir grip 一段不愉快的遭遇 (例如一場病) напасть کوئی بری شے جس سے دو چار ہونا پڑے sự trải qua một cái gì không vui 一段不愉快的遭遇（特别指一场病）

verb

to give medicine to. She dosed him with aspirin. dokter, dosis ingee يُعْطي جُرْعَة دَواء давам лекарства medicar podat dávku Arznei geben dosere χορηγώ δόση φαρμάκου medicinar ravimiannust andma دارو دادن lääkitä administrer לָתֵת תְּרוּפָה दवा की खुराक देना dati lijek gyógyszerel memberi obat setja á lyfjagjöf somministrare una medicina 薬を与える 약을 주다 duoti (vaistus) dot zāļu devu sukatan behandelengi en dose, dosereleczyć, aplikować درمل ورکول medicar a administra (un medicament) давать дозу лекарства dávať, podať dati zdravilo dati lek ge medicin, medicinera ให้ยา ilâç vermek 給某人服藥 давати дозами, дозувати دوا دینا phát thuốc cho ai 给某人服药

ˈdosage (-sidʒ) noun

the size of, or method of giving, a dose of medicine etc. What is the dosage for a child of five? dosis جُرْعَه، مِقْدار الجُرْعَه дозировка posologia dávkování die Dosierung dosering δόση, δοσολογίαdosis, posología annus, annustus میزان تجویز شده؛ پیمانه بندی annostus posologieמינון खुराक की मात्रा doziranje, preporučena količina lijeka adag(olás) takaran lyfjaskammtur; lyfjagjöf dosaggio, posologia 投薬量 조제, 투약, 복용량 dozė dozēšana; deva pemberian ubat dosering, dosisdosering dawkowanie د درمل یوه اندازه posologia dozaj, posologie дозировка; доза dávkovanie odmerjanje doza dosering ปริมาณยาที่ใช้ต่อหนึ่งครั้ง dozaj 劑量 дозування; доза دوا کی خوراک بندی liều lượng 剂量

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dose

→ جُرْعَة dávka dosis Dosis δόση dosis annos dose doza dose 服用量 복용량 dosis dose dawka dose доза dos ปริมาณยาที่ให้แต่ละครั้ง doz liều 剂量

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dose

n. dosis, dosificación.

1. cantidad prescrita de medicina u otro agente terapéutico;

2. en medicina nuclear, una cantidad farmacéutica determinada;

absorbed ___ → ___ de absorción;

average ___ → ___ promedio, media;

bone marrow ___ → ___ de la médula ósea;

booster ___ → ___ de refuerzo;

cumulative ___ → ___ acumulada;

curative ___ → ___ curativa;

daily ___ → ___ diaria;

divided ___ → ___ dividida;

effective ___ → ___ efectiva;

equivalent ___ → ___ equivalente;

exposure ___ → ___ de exposición;

initial ___ → ___ inicial;

integral ___ → ___ integral;

lethal ___ → ___ letal;

maximal ___ → ___ máxima;

maximal permissible ___ → máxima ___ permitida;

maximum tolerated ___ → ___ máxima tolerable;

minimal ___ → ___ mínima;

minimal lethal ___ → ___ letal mínina;

minimal reacting ___ → ___ reactiva mínima;

optimum ___ → ___ óptima;

preventive ___ → ___ preventiva;

radiation ___ → ___ de radiación;

reduction ___ → ___ de reducción;

skin ___ → ___ dermal;

therapeutic ___ → ___ terapéutica;

tolerated ___ → ___ tolerada;

unit ___ → ___ individual;

volume ___ → ___ de volumen.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

dose

n dosis f; high-dose* a or en dosis altas; low-dose* a or en dosis bajas, (birth control) de baja dosis; test — dosis de prueba

* There are at least 12 possible translations of this term using the prepositions a, en, or de; using singular or plural; and inverting the order of the adjective and noun. Using de implies a fundamental quality of the medication under discussion. All permutations are seen; the two listed the most common.

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