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dose  (ds)

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.

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

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doser n.

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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

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 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"

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dose

noun 1. Medical measure, amount, allowance, portion, prescription, ration, draught, dosage, potion

2. quantity, measure, supply, portion

Translations

dose [dəus] n [of medicine] → dosis f inv;

a dose of flu → un ataque de gripe vt to dose o.s. with → automedicarse con

dose [dəus] n → dose f;

(Brit) (= bout); attaque f

vt to dose o.s. → se bourrer de médicaments;

a dose of flu → une belle or bonne grippe

dose [dəus] n → Dosis f;

(Brit) (bout) → Ration f

vt to dose o.s. → Medikamente nehmen;

a dose of flu → eine Grippe

dose [dəus] n → dose f;

(BRIT) (= bout); attacco

vt to dose sb with sth → somministrare qc a qn;

a dose of flu → una bella influenza

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dose

n dose [dəus]

1 the quantity of medicine etc to be taken at one time It's time you had a dose of your medicine.dosisجُرْعَةُ دَواءдозаdávkadosisdie Dosisδόσηdosisannusمیزان دارو؛ دوزannosdoseמָנָהखुराकkoličina, mjera lijekaadagdosislyfjaskammturdose服用量?약의) 1회 복용량dozė, porcijadevadosdosisdose, porsjondawkadosedozăдозаdávkaodmerekdozadosปริมาณยาที่ให้ต่อครั้งdoz(藥的)劑量дозаدوا کی ایک وقت میں دی جانے والی خوراکliều（药的）剂量

2 an unpleasant thing (especially an illness) which one is forced to suffer a nasty dose of flu.aanvalجُرْعَةٌ من (شَيء سَيِّء)заболяванеnáporomgangdie Portionασθένειαataque(haigus)hoogمورد ناخوشایندkiusaattaqueמָנָהकोई अप्रिय चीज जिससे जूझना पड़ेdozakellemetlen dologseranganskammtur; kastattaccoいやなもの불쾌한 일[]porcijadevayang tidak disangkaaanvalomgangdawka, porcjacargaaccesпорцияnápordozazarazaomgång, slängสิ่งที่ทรมานhoşa gitmeyen şey, berbat bir grip一場病напастьکوئی بری شے جس سے دو چار ہونا پڑےsự trải qua một cái gì không vui一场病

v

to give medicine to She dosed him with aspirin.dokter, dosis ingeeيُعْطي جُرْعَة دَواءдавам лекарстваpodat dávkudosereArznei gebenχορηγώ δόση φαρμάκουmedicinarravimiannust andmaدارو دادنantaa lääkeannosadministrer (un médicament)לָתֵת תְּרוּפָהदवा की खुराक देनाdati lijekgyógyszerelmemberi obatsetja á lyfjagjöfsomministrare una medicina薬を与える약을 먹이다[]duoti (vaistus)dot zāļu devusukatanbehandelengi en dose, dosereleczyć, aplikowaćmedicara administra (un medicament)давать дозу лекарстваdávať, podaťdati zdravilodati lekge medicin, medicineraให้ยาilâç vermek給某人服藥давати дозами, дозуватиدوا دیناphát thuốc cho ai给某人服药

n ˈdosage [-sidʒ]

the size of, or method of giving, a dose of medicine etc What is the dosage for a child of five?dosisجُرْعَه، مِقْدار الجُرْعَهдозировкаdávkovánídoseringdie Dosierungδόση, δοσολογίαdosis, posologíaannus, annustusمیزان تجویز شده؛ پیمانه بندیannos, annostusposologieמִינוּןखुराक की मात्राdoziranje, preporučena količina lijekaadag(olás)takaranlyfjaskammtur; lyfjagjöfdosaggio, posologia投薬量복용량dozėdozēšana; devapemberian ubatdosering, dosisdoseringdawkowanieposologiadozaj, posologieдозировка; дозаdávkovanieodmerjanjedozadoseringปริมาณยาที่ใช้ต่อหนึ่งครั้งdozaj劑量дозування; дозаدوا کی خوراک بندیliều lượng剂量