dose

dose definition - medical

dose (dōs)

noun Abbr. D.
  1. A specified quantity of a therapeutic agent, such as a drug, prescribed to be taken at one time or at stated intervals.
  2. The amount of radiation administered as therapy to a given site.
verb
  1. To give or prescribe something, such as medicine, in specified amounts.
  2. To give someone a dose, as of medicine.

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