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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 [dəʊs]

n

1. (Medicine / Pharmacology) Med a specific quantity of a therapeutic drug or agent taken at any one time or at specified intervals

2. Informal something unpleasant to experience a dose of influenza

3. (Physics / General Physics) Also called dosage the total energy of ionizing radiation absorbed by unit mass of material, esp of living tissue; usually measured in grays (SI unit) or rads

4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) Also called dosage a small amount of syrup added to wine, esp sparkling wine, when the sediment is removed and the bottle is corked

5. (Medicine / Pathology) Slang a venereal infection, esp gonorrhoea

like a dose of salts very quickly indeed

vb (tr)

1. (Medicine) to administer a dose or doses to (someone)

2. (Medicine / Pharmacology) Med to give (a therapeutic drug or agent) in appropriate quantities

3. (Medicine / Pharmacology) (often foll by up) to give (someone, esp oneself) drugs, medicine, etc., esp in large quantities

4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) to add syrup to (wine) during bottling

[from French, from Late Latin dosis, from Greek: a giving, from didonai to give]

doser  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. measure, amount, allowance, portion, prescription, ration, draught, dosage, potion A dose of penicillin can wipe out infection.

2. quantity, amount, lot, measure, supply, portion a healthy dose of self-confidence

3. attack, spell, bout, stroke, burst, outbreak, flare-up, eruption I had a bad dose of flu.

Translations

dose [dəʊs]

A. N

1. [of medicine] → dosis f inv
like a dose of salts it went through her like a dose of salts → le hizo hacer de vientre en menos que canta un gallo

2. (fig) (= amount) → dosis f inv
in small doses → en pequeñas dosis or cantidades

3. [of flu] → ataque m

B. VT

1. (also dose up) → medicar (with con) to dose o.s. (up) → medicarse (with con)

2. [+ wine] → adulterar

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dose [ˈdəʊs]

n

(MEDICINE) (= amount) [drug] → dose f; [radiation] → dose f
in small doses → à faible dose

(fig) [reality] → dose f

(British) (= attack)
my second dose of pneumonia → ma deuxième attaque de pneumonie
a dose of flu → une bonne grippe

vt
to dose o.s. → se bourrer de médicaments
to dose o.s with sth → se bourrer de qch
to dose sb with sth → administrer qch à qn

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dose

n

(Med) → Dosis f; (fig, of punishment etc) → Ration f; give him a dose of medicine → gib ihm Medizin; he needs a dose of his own medicine (fig) → man sollte es ihm mit gleicher Münze heimzahlen; in small/large doses (fig) → in kleinen/großen Mengen; she’s all right in small doses → sie ist nur (für) kurze Zeit zu ertragen

(inf, = venereal disease) → Tripper m; to catch a dose → sich (dat) → etwas holen (inf), → sich (dat) → den Tripper holen

(inf: = bout of illness) → Anfall m; she’s just had a dose of the flu → sie hat gerade Grippe gehabt

vt person → Arznei geben (+dat); I’ve tried dosing myself with cough mixture → ich habe versucht, mich mit Hustensaft zu kurieren

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dose [dəʊs]

1. n (of medicine) → dose f (Brit) (of fever etc) → attacco
to get a dose of flu → prendersi l'influenza
in small doses (fig) → a piccole dosi

2. vt to dose sb with sth → somministrare qc a qn

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dose [dəʊs]

1. n (of medicine) → dose f (Brit) (of fever etc) → attacco
to get a dose of flu → prendersi l'influenza
in small doses (fig) → a piccole dosi

2. vt to dose sb with sth → somministrare qc a qn

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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 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 ikävä asia attaque מָנָה कोई अप्रिय चीज जिससे जूझना पड़े doza kellemetlen dolog serangan skammtur; kast attacco いやなもの 불쾌한 경험 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 lääkitä 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 주다 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 dosage [-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 annostus posologie מִינוּן खुराक की मात्रा doziranje, preporučena količina lijeka adag(olás) takaran lyfjaskammtur; lyfjagjöf dosaggio, posologia 投薬量 조제, 투약, 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

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dose → جرعة dávka dosis Dosis δόση dosis annos dose doza dose 服用量 복용량 dosis dose dawka dose доза dos ปริมาณยาที่ให้แต่ละครั้ง doz liều 剂量