a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
a substance, situation, or quantity of anything analogous to medicine, especially of something disagreeable: Failing the exam was a hard dose to swallow.
an amount of sugar added in the production of champagne.
Physics.
Also called ab·sorbed dose.the quantity of ionizing radiation absorbed by a unit mass of matter, especially living tissue, measured in grays: although increasingly disfavored, in the U.S. an absorbed dose may still be measured in rads.
exposure dose.
Slang. a case of gonorrhea or syphilis.
verb (used with object),dosed,dos·ing.
to administer in or apportion for doses.
to give a dose of medicine to.
to add sugar to (champagne) during production.
verb (used without object),dosed,dos·ing.
to take a dose of medicine.
Origin of dose
First recorded in 1590–1600; French , from Late Latin dosis, from Greek dósis “a giving, gift,” derivative of didónai “to give”
OTHER WORDS FROM dose
doser,nounsu·per·dose,nounun·der·dose,nounun·der·dose,verb (used with object),un·der·dosed,un·der·dos·ing.
well-dosed,adjective
Words nearby dose
dory skiff, DOS, dos-à-dos, dosage, do's and don'ts, dose, dose equivalent, dose of one's own medicine, dose-response curve, dosh, do-si-do
The “gold standard” dose is 30 minutes of 10,000 lux light, one hour of 5,000 lux light or two hours of 2,500 lux light.
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A dose of marchlor in a glass of wine had done what fifty men could not have accomplished by main strength.
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One of the traders becoming tired of the continued application of an Indian for more grog, gave him a dose of laudanum.
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As the sun is wanted to glorify the right features of a landscape, this girl thirsted for a dose of golden flattery.
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British Dictionary definitions for dose
dose
/ (dəʊs) /
noun
meda specific quantity of a therapeutic drug or agent taken at any one time or at specified intervals
informalsomething unpleasant to experiencea dose of influenza
Also called: dosagethe total energy of ionizing radiation absorbed by unit mass of material, esp of living tissue; usually measured in grays (SI unit) or rads
Also called: dosagea small amount of syrup added to wine, esp sparkling wine, when the sediment is removed and the bottle is corked
slanga venereal infection, esp gonorrhoea
like a dose of saltsvery quickly indeed
verb(tr)
to administer a dose or doses to (someone)
medto give (a therapeutic drug or agent) in appropriate quantities
(often foll by up)to give (someone, esp oneself) drugs, medicine, etc, esp in large quantities
to add syrup to (wine) during bottling
Derived forms of dose
doser, noun
Word Origin for dose
C15: from French, from Late Latin dosis, from Greek: a giving, from didonai to give