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megadose
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meg·a·dose  (mg-ds)
n.
An exceptionally large dose, as of a drug or vitamin.

megadose [ˈmɛgəˌdəʊs]
n
(Medicine / Pharmacology) a very large dose, as of a medicine, vitamin, etc.


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Some people want to pump megadoses of aerosols -- small particles in the air, mimicking volcanic ash, dust and smoke -- from huge towers in the oceans so that the atmosphere cools down.
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