dosed
Variant of dose
dose
definition
dose (dōs)
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
Etymology: ME < OFr < ML dosis < Gr, orig., a giving < IE base *do-, to give: see date
transitive verb dosed, dosing dos′·ing
- to give a dose or doses to
- to give (medicine, etc.) in doses
Etymology: < dosethe
intransitive verb
to take a dose or doses of medicine
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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