dose1 noundose2 verb
dosedose1 /dəʊs $ doʊs/ ●●○ noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINdose1
Origin:
1400-1500 French, Greek dosis, from didonai ‘to give’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The banks need a healthy dose of competition.
- A dose of old-fashioned repression dealt with some of the bold exceptions.
- About that proposition, a large dose of skepticism is in order.
- Finding such a dose response would have made the case stronger.
- She was given a dose of Hyper. 30 from her first-aid kit and sent to the neurologist.
- The Cosbys are getting a dose of what families of homicide and fatal accident victims get routinely.
- The designation was made because at high doses, alcohol slows down the central nervous system.
- The laxative dose required to treat constipation in the young child is much higher than the suggested doses on the label.
WORD SETS
anabolic steroid, nounanaesthetic, nounantacid, nounantibiotic, nounantidepressant, nounantidote, nounantihistamine, nounanti-inflammatory, adjectiveantitoxin, nounaspirin, nounbalm, nounbalsam, nounbandage, nounbandage, verbBand-Aid, nounbarbiturate, nounbatch, nounBCG, nounbelladonna, nounbeta-blocker, nounbismuth, nounbooster, nouncaffeine, nouncapsule, nouncastor oil, nounchemotherapy, nounclinical, adjectivecodeine, nouncondom, nouncortisone, nouncough mixture, noundepressant, noundisinfect, verbdisinfectant, noundispensary, noundispense, verbdispensing chemist, noundiuretic, noundosage, noundose, noundose, verbdraught, noundrip, noundrug, noundrug, verbdruggist, noundrugstore, nounear drops, nounemetic, nounemollient, adjectiveEpsom salts, nouneucalyptus, nounexpectorant, nounfluoridate, verbfluoride, nounfolic acid, noungripe water, nounhallucinogen, nounhemlock, nounherbal, adjectiveherbal medicine, nounhypnotic, nounimmunize, verbinfusion, nouninhalant, nouninhaler, nouninject, verbinjection, nouninoculate, verbintravenous, adjectiveiodine, nounlaxative, nounlotion, nounlozenge, nounmagnesia, nounmedicament, nounmedicated, adjectivemedication, nounmedicinal, adjectivemedicine, nounmelatonin, nounmethadone, nounmilk of magnesia, nounmorning-after pill, nounmorphia, nounmorphine, nounnarcotic, nounnarcotic, adjectiveneedle, nounniacin, nounnicotine patch, nounobstetrician, nounointment, nounopiate, nounopium, nounoral contraceptive, nounoverdose, nounover-the-counter, adjectivepack, nounpainkiller, nounparacetamol, nounpastille, nounpatch, nounpatent medicine, nounpenicillin, nounpharmaceutical, adjectivepharmaceuticals, nounpharmacist, nounpharmacology, nounpharmacopoeia, nounpharmacy, nounplacebo, nounprescribe, verbprescription, nounpurgative, nounquinine, nounRDA, nounreaction, nounremedy, nounrubbing alcohol, nounsalve, nounsedation, nounsedative, nounsenna, nounserum, nounside effect, nounsleeping pill, nounspecific, nounsteroid, nounstimulant, nounstrychnine, nounsuppository, nounsurgical spirit, nounsyringe, nountablet, nountake, verbThalidomide, nountherapist, nountincture, nountonic, nountranquillizer, nountruth drug, nounvaccinate, verbvaccine, nounValium, nounVaseline, nounwitch-hazel, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectives
a lethal dose of heroin
· High doses of the drug can have bad side effects.
· Treatment should be started with a small dose.
· The study shows that a daily dose of aspirin may reduce the risk of developing bowel cancer.
(=recommended by medical experts)· The current recommended dose is 250 mg a day.
(=an amount that kills you)· She took a lethal dose of painkillers.
· The medicine is given as a single dose.
verbs· He had taken his usual dose of sleeping pills.
· A nurse came in to give me a dose of antibiotics.
(=take more of a medicine than is recommended)· You should take care not to exceed the recommended dose of paracetamol.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a lethal dose of heroin (=an amount of poison)· He had taken a massive dose of poison.
(=an amount of radiation that someone experiences)· Workers at the site received high doses of radiation.
(=an experience of what things are really like)· I got my first dose of reality when I reported to work at my new job.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Digitalis, a heart drug that can be fatal in higher doses, is derived from the foxglove plant.
· A healthy dose of realism does no harm here.· Chrys Chrys recommends a healthy dose of fresh lemon juice squeezed over the fish.
· But given heavy doses of baking soda he began to recover, and was perfectly normal three days later.· Aristotle answered: by inducing heavy doses of pity and terror.· As a result, a heavy dose of reality has descended on the Buchanan campaign.· Of course, tolerance to very heavy doses of caffeine may be problematic for health reasons.· I can't help feeling, therefore, that your critical position relies on a heavy dose of bad faith.· C., a heavy dose of reality is setting in.
· In the rat, very high single doses of intravenous mesalazine cause acute tubular and papillary necrosis.· Some side effects of high doses include acne, oily skin and insomnia.· It is also true that such high doses have no place in ordinary maintenance drug regimes.· However, the risk of damage for heavier drinkers becomes severe when higher doses of acetaminophen are taken.· Either lower or higher doses are then injected serially until the weal or the symptoms disappear.· The quick, new, high-dose radiation Brachytherapy for cancer patients is also performed at the hospital.· So small volumes of lung tissue are exposed to high doses of alpha radiation.· Most of the psychotic episodes experienced by people using Halcion involved high doses for extended periods of time.
· In small amounts it can act as a stimulant, in larger doses causing hyperactivity, headaches and insomnia.· In large doses it can cause nausea, vomiting, difficulty breathing and coma.· But most cancers failed to respond at all to the largest doses which were tolerated by healthy tissues.· About that proposition, a large dose of skepticism is in order.· Both single large doses and fractionated doses of radiation have been shown to alter small intestinal motility in animals.· Advocates say that large doses of antioxidants protect against cancer by soaking up dangerous oxygen molecules that can damage cells.· In very large doses they cause stimulation of the central nervous system, convulsions and death.· Such aggregations not only promote transmission of micro-organisms but through repeated exposure allow large doses of these.
· Operators received lethal doses of radiation while needlessly reconnecting the water supply to the devastated reactor.· The prison staff member will then begin to administer lethal doses of three chemicals.· Some workers received lethal doses because the rest of the site was not evacuated.· What effect on pain might, say, three-quarters of the lethal dose have had?· Usually one of Robert's business prospects would be invited for a lethal dose of glamour.· The river still carries a lethal dose of poisons.· Shipman was convicted last year of murdering 15 female patients with lethal doses of diamorphine.
· Astra refuses to conduct further rat studies with lower doses of ranitidine, saying that this is Glaxo's job.· In low doses, ephedrine speeds up the body, causing restlessness, insomnia, and nervousness.· Either lower or higher doses are then injected serially until the weal or the symptoms disappear.· Another favorable characteristic is that there is a rapid build-up of serum levels, even when starting at low doses.· But they had no low dose folic acid supplements.· Those on moderate or low doses of inhaled steroids showed no increased risk of glaucoma or ocular hypertension.· Generally, lower doses are used than in organ transplantation.· At low to moderate doses, these drugs significantly reduce anxiety without impairing or disrupting other brain systems.
· I stayed at home as much as possible while I took massive doses of testosterone, the male hormone.· The most outrageous examples involve force-feeding massive doses of sugar substitutes to white laboratory mice, who eventually grew tumors.· In massive dose, however, 4-ASA may cause haematuria and reduce creatinine clearance, particularly in patients with pre-existing renal disease.· He said he has not been convince d that such a massive dose has much value.· But then the truth about the massive doses of poison which Allitt administered to those babies in her care was uncovered.
· It will make the Black Death look like a mild dose of flu.
· If there is no safe dose cancer rates should increase as the natural background radiation level increases.
· In the rat, very high single doses of intravenous mesalazine cause acute tubular and papillary necrosis.· Both single large doses and fractionated doses of radiation have been shown to alter small intestinal motility in animals.· But simpler forms of the drugs, including pills combining more than one drug in a single dose, are becoming available.· Apart from the single ecstasy dose, she believed she had drunk only a glass of wine that night.· In contrast, Rijk etal evaluated the faecal excretions of healthy volunteers with accelerated transit time after a single dose.· The authors claim that single dose treatment has not yet been proved adequate in this context.· There was the high potency, single dose, classical Kentian school, and the low potency, often-repeated school of Hughes.· This shows the insensitivity of single dose comparisons as a method of estimating relative potency.
· Many of these schemes have been tried before in small doses.· Hence patients requiring smaller doses of levodopa who are troubled with nausea cardiac arrhythmias, or hypotension may use this dosage form.· This can be infectious in small doses, and her catchy anthem, Finally, is pop at its most celebratory.· Life is simple and quiet out here, and even small doses can purify you.· Knock! jokes are okay in small doses - like one every second leap year.· For these individuals the drug must be divided into four or five smaller doses per day.· Problems with diamorphine include vomiting, bradycardia, and hypotension, but in small doses diamorphine is better than any sedative.· Some local attorneys worry about short-term privacy lapses and long-term effects of even small radioactive doses.
· In this study, a standard bone sparing dose of oral oestrogen was used.· In contrast, the standard dose of alcohol is measured in liquid ounces.· The standard dose of alcohol is thus roughly 142 times larger than the standard dose of caffeine.
· A very strong dose of moral medicine indeed.· The group support offered in diet programs, though, has usually been mixed with a strong dose of group humiliation.
VERB· The prison staff member will then begin to administer lethal doses of three chemicals.
· She was given a dose of Hyper. 30 from her first-aid kit and sent to the neurologist.· So when Casey started public school, first grade, the school nurse had to give him his second dose.· They were given three large doses of vitamin A over a week, and received vitamin A in all subsequent survey rounds.· One tablet or ten tablets taken as one dose still only gives one dose of the potency, does it not?· Aminoglycosides are often given in insufficiently high doses.· Miss T. was given another dose of pethidine.· But some people are allergic to even this highly-purified animal collagen, so potential recipients are first given a small test dose.· A little arsenic can cure disorders of the stomach, but given in regular small doses becomes a poison.
· A dose response to oestrogens has been shown with increasing doses having greater effects on bone density.· Many habitual drinkers of caffeine-containing beverages find that they must increase their dose to achieve the preferred degree of stimulation.· Analgesics were given in increasing doses and ascending potency until pain was controlled.· Tolerance means that with regular use, you need to increase the dose to achieve the same effect.· If you are using undergravel filters you will need to increase the dose by 50%.· It is more generally understood as pain that is made worse rather than better by increasing doses of morphine.· In the present study the addition of increasing doses of egg lecithin to human and model biles progressively prolongs the nucleation time.· Biliary lipid composition was not altered significantly but bicarbonate output was increased at all doses tested.
· Thorough revision of laboratory routines could substantially reduce radiation doses received.· In all instances the toxicity was easily reversed by reducing the cyclosporin dose.
· Repetition of the remedy is continued for as long as is required, and the doses are tailed off gradually.· Hence patients requiring smaller doses of levodopa who are troubled with nausea cardiac arrhythmias, or hypotension may use this dosage form.· Effective analgesia should be administered; the pain is often severe enough to require high dose of morphine or pethidine.
· One tablet or ten tablets taken as one dose still only gives one dose of the potency, does it not?· The time it takes for a dose of a drug to wear off is measured by a value called a half-life.· Or will he be brave enough to take a dose of poison at the last moment?· She is taking the same dose of medicine that she had received at the hospital.· Plasma concentrations of 5-ASA may therefore be higher in patients taking delayed release mesalazine than in patients taking equivalent doses of sulphasalazine.· Many are taking several times the dose recommended.· I knew she had taken a fine dose.· This time I had to take a double dose to return to my old shape.
· The necessity for using very high doses of reagents, however, to detect invitro phosphorylation of membranes, is well recognised.· Most of the psychotic episodes experienced by people using Halcion involved high doses for extended periods of time.· If two injections are required, attempting to use the same dose morning and evening may be helpful.· Be sure you are using the appropriate dose however.· Damage to living tissue can be quantified by using the dose equivalent.· If a pesticide has to be used, a smaller dose may be adequate.· Discussion Ascorbic acid has been used in pharmacological doses for more than 20 years.· Transit times were determined using a multiple dose marker technique.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
1the amount of a medicine or a drug that you should takedose of- L.M. True - like a dose of salts!
Never exceed the recommended dose of painkillers.high/low dose Start with a low dose and increase it.2an amount of something that you do or experience at one time, especially something unpleasanta bad/mild dose of flu British English (=making you feel very ill or only slightly ill) Dave had a bad dose of flu.lethal/fatal dose (of something) (=an amount that kills) a lethal dose of radiation I quite like Jamie in small doses (=in limited amounts but not a lot or often).3like a dose of salts British English informal very quickly and easily: The cleaners went through the house like a dose of salts.COLLOCATIONSadjectivesa high/large dose· High doses of the drug can have bad side effects.a low/small dose· Treatment should be started with a small dose.a daily dose· The study shows that a daily dose of aspirin may reduce the risk of developing bowel cancer.the recommended dose (=recommended by medical experts)· The current recommended dose is 250 mg a day.a lethal/fatal dose (=an amount that kills you)· She took a lethal dose of painkillers.a single dose· The medicine is given as a single dose.verbstake a dose of something· He had taken his usual dose of sleeping pills.give somebody a dose· A nurse came in to give me a dose of antibiotics.exceed the dose (=take more of a medicine than is recommended)· You should take care not to exceed the recommended dose of paracetamol.dose1 noundose2 verb
dosedose2 verb [transitive] (also dose up) VERB TABLE
dose
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | dose |
| he, she, it | doses | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | dosed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have dosed |
| he, she, it | has dosed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had dosed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will dose |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have dosed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am dosing |
| he, she, it | is dosing | |
| you, we, they | are dosing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was dosing |
| you, we, they | were dosing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been dosing |
| he, she, it | has been dosing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been dosing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be dosing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been dosing |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Elsie and Edith Port were so alike that Jennie dosed the wrong one with her cure for all ailments - castor oil.
- It is generally price advantageous to specify powders although in use they may be more difficult to control and dose.
- When the children were ill, she dosed them with herb teas that she brewed herself.
WORD SETS
anabolic steroid, nounanaesthetic, nounantacid, nounantibiotic, nounantidepressant, nounantidote, nounantihistamine, nounanti-inflammatory, adjectiveantitoxin, nounaspirin, nounbalm, nounbalsam, nounbandage, nounbandage, verbBand-Aid, nounbarbiturate, nounbatch, nounBCG, nounbelladonna, nounbeta-blocker, nounbismuth, nounbooster, nouncaffeine, nouncapsule, nouncastor oil, nounchemotherapy, nounclinical, adjectivecodeine, nouncondom, nouncortisone, nouncough mixture, noundepressant, noundisinfect, verbdisinfectant, noundispensary, noundispense, verbdispensing chemist, noundiuretic, noundosage, noundose, noundose, verbdraught, noundrip, noundrug, noundrug, verbdruggist, noundrugstore, nounear drops, nounemetic, nounemollient, adjectiveEpsom salts, nouneucalyptus, nounexpectorant, nounfluoridate, verbfluoride, nounfolic acid, noungripe water, nounhallucinogen, nounhemlock, nounherbal, adjectiveherbal medicine, nounhypnotic, nounimmunize, verbinfusion, nouninhalant, nouninhaler, nouninject, verbinjection, nouninoculate, verbintravenous, adjectiveiodine, nounlaxative, nounlotion, nounlozenge, nounmagnesia, nounmedicament, nounmedicated, adjectivemedication, nounmedicinal, adjectivemedicine, nounmelatonin, nounmethadone, nounmilk of magnesia, nounmorning-after pill, nounmorphia, nounmorphine, nounnarcotic, nounnarcotic, adjectiveneedle, nounniacin, nounnicotine patch, nounobstetrician, nounointment, nounopiate, nounopium, nounoral contraceptive, nounoverdose, nounover-the-counter, adjectivepack, nounpainkiller, nounparacetamol, nounpastille, nounpatch, nounpatent medicine, nounpenicillin, nounpharmaceutical, adjectivepharmaceuticals, nounpharmacist, nounpharmacology, nounpharmacopoeia, nounpharmacy, nounplacebo, nounprescribe, verbprescription, nounpurgative, nounquinine, nounRDA, nounreaction, nounremedy, nounrubbing alcohol, nounsalve, nounsedation, nounsedative, nounsenna, nounserum, nounside effect, nounsleeping pill, nounspecific, nounsteroid, nounstimulant, nounstrychnine, nounsuppository, nounsurgical spirit, nounsyringe, nountablet, nountake, verbThalidomide, nountherapist, nountincture, nountonic, nountranquillizer, nountruth drug, nounvaccinate, verbvaccine, nounValium, nounVaseline, nounwitch-hazel, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a lethal dose of heroin
to give someone medicine or a drugdose somebody/yourself with something a lethal dose of heroin (=an amount of poison)· He had taken a massive dose of poison.
(=an amount of radiation that someone experiences)· Workers at the site received high doses of radiation.
(=an experience of what things are really like)· I got my first dose of reality when I reported to work at my new job.
Sumi dosed herself up with aspirin and went to bed.