curative dose (CD) - definition of curative dose (CD) by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

dose (d

a. A specified quantity of a therapeutic agent, such as a drug or 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.

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

doser n.

dose

Noun

1. a specific quantity of a medicine taken at one time

2. Informal something unpleasant to experience: a dose of the cold

3. the total energy of radiation absorbed

4. Slang a sexually transmitted infection

Verb

[dosing, dosed]

to administer a quantity of medicine to (someone) [Greek dosis a giving]

dosage n

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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 genital herpes, 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"