dosing

dose

 (dōs)

n.

1.

a. A specified quantity of a therapeutic agent, such as 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 dō- in Indo-European roots.]

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dos′er n.

Translations

dosing

n dosificación f