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The definition of a dose is an exact amount of a treatment, medication, punishment or other uncomfortable experience.
(noun)- An example of a dose is the amount of ibuprofen given to someone with a headache.
- An example of a dose is someone driving under the influence spending a night in prison.
Dose is defined as to give an exact amount of something to someone.
(verb)An example of dose is a nurse giving morphine to a patient.
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See dose in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- exact amount of a medicine or extent of some other treatment to be given or taken at one time or at stated intervals
- amount of a punishment or other unpleasant experience undergone at one time
- the amount of radiation delivered to a particular area or to a given part of the body
- Slang a venereal infection, esp. gonorrhea
Origin: ME < OFr < ML dosis < Gr, orig., a giving < IE base *do-, to give: see date
- to give a dose or doses to
- to give (medicine, etc.) in doses
Origin: < dosethe
intransitive verb
to take a dose or doses of medicine
See dose in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- 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.
- An ingredient added, especially to wine, to impart flavor or strength.
- An amount, especially of something unpleasant, to which one is subjected: a dose of hard luck.
- Slang A venereal infection.
- To give (someone) a dose, as of medicine.
- To give or prescribe (medicine) in specified amounts.
Origin:
Origin: French
Origin: , from Late Latin dosis
Origin: , from Greek, something given
Origin: , from didonai, to give; see dō- in Indo-European roots
.Related Forms:
- dosˈer noun
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