dose (d s)n. 1. 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.]dos  er n. |
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| Adj. | 1. | dosed - treated with some kind of application; "a mustache dosed with bear grease" treated - given medical care or treatment; "a treated cold is usually gone in 14 days; if left untreated it lasts two weeks" |
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