dose
A measured portion of medicine taken at any one timeA measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
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6 sensesA measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
Why did he give you only a single 500 mg dose? The correct dosage of this antibiotic is one 500 mg tablet twice a day for 10 days.
Dosis, Dosis
до́заdóza, до́заdóza, по́рцияpórcija
до́заdóza
a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
The quantity of an agent (not always active), substance, or radiation administered or experienced at any one time.
the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
(dated, figuratively)Anything disagreeable that must be taken.
(figuratively)A good measure or lengthy experience of something.
a healthy dose of skepticism.
(dated)A venereal infection.
(Ireland, colloquial)A cold; a common, viral illness of the nasal passage, sometimes with fever.
There's a dose going round.
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French dose, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis,Borrowed from Middle French dose, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), used by Galen and other Greek physicians to mean an amount of medicine, from δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”). Mostly displaced English drench. Doublet of doos.
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plural: dosesSynonyms
21 synonyms- a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time:dosage
- the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time:dosage
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- a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact:venereal diseaseVDvenereal infectionsocial diseaseCupid-ap-s itchCupid-ap-s diseaseVenus-ap-s cursesexually transmitted disease
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