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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. dosis جُرْعَةُ دَواء доза dávka dosis die Dosis δόση dosis annus میزان دارو؛ دوز annos dose מָנָה खुराक količina, mjera lijeka adag dosis lyfjaskammtur dose 服用量 ?약의) 1회 복용량 dozė, porcija deva dos dosis dose, porsjon dawka 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 nápor omgang die Portion ασθένεια ataque (haigus)hoog مورد ناخوشایند kiusa attaque מָנָה कोई अप्रिय चीज जिससे जूझना पड़े doza kellemetlen dolog serangan skammtur; kast attacco いやなもの 불쾌한 일[] porcija deva yang tidak disangka aanval omgang dawka, porcja carga acces порция nápor doza zaraza omgång, släng สิ่งที่ทรมาน hoşa gitmeyen şey, berbat bir grip 一場病 напасть کوئی بری شے جس سے دو چار ہونا پڑے sự trải qua một cái gì không vui 一场病

v

to give medicine to She dosed him with aspirin. dokter, dosis ingee يُعْطي جُرْعَة دَواء давам лекарства podat dávku dosere Arznei geben χορηγώ δόση φαρμάκου medicinar ravimiannust andma دارو دادن antaa lääkeannos administrer (un médicament) לָתֵת תְּרוּפָה दवा की खुराक देना dati lijek gyógyszerel memberi obat setja á lyfjagjöf somministrare una medicina 薬を与える 약을 먹이다[] duoti (vaistus) dot zāļu devu sukatan behandelen gi en dose, dosere leczyć, aplikować 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

n ˈdosage [-sidʒ]

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 dávkování dosering die Dosierung δόση, δοσολογία dosis, posología annus, annustus میزان تجویز شده؛ پیمانه بندی annos, annostus posologie מִינוּן खुराक की मात्रा doziranje, preporučena količina lijeka adag(olás) takaran lyfjaskammtur; lyfjagjöf dosaggio, posologia 投薬量 복용량 dozė dozēšana; deva pemberian ubat dosering, dosis dosering dawkowanie posologia dozaj, posologie дозировка; доза dávkovanie odmerjanje doza dosering ปริมาณยาที่ใช้ต่อหนึ่งครั้ง dozaj 劑量 дозування; доза دوا کی خوراک بندی liều lượng 剂量