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单词 booster dose
释义

booster dose

noun

plural booster doses
: a supplementary dose of a therapeutic agent designed to increase the effectiveness of one or more previously administered doses
I take 162 mg a day, as well as a booster dose of 325 mg (one regular aspirin) once every two weeks instead of my usual dose. Andrew Weil
especially : booster shot
Kansas providers are beginning to make plans for distributing thousands of COVID-19 booster doses, with the federal government indicating residents will begin getting those shots starting next month. Andrew Bahl

Word History

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

booster dose

noun

: a supplementary dose of a therapeutic agent designed to increase the effectiveness of one or more previously administered doses
When possible, the drug [prednisone] was administered every other day, with booster doses during hemolytic crises. Russell E. Ware et al., The New England Journal of Medicine
especially : booster shot
… vaccines may have to receive a booster dose every five years after the original series. Marsha F. Goldsmith, The Journal of the American Medical Association
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