Dose

Quick meaning: Dose is a noun meaning A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.

Meaning

A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.

More Meanings

1. The quantity of an agent (not always active), substance, or radiation administered or experienced at any one time.
2. (figurative, dated) Anything disagreeable that must be taken.
3. (figurative) A good measure or lengthy experience of something.
4. (Ireland, colloquial) A cold; a common, viral illness of the nasal passage, sometimes with fever.
5. (transitive) To administer a dose (of medicine) to.
6. To prescribe a dose.
7. (dated) A venereal infection.

Example Sentences

There's a dose going round.

It would be very expensive to cure a dose here, as well as unbelievably painful.

Don't give a dose to the one you love most. / Give her some marmalade... give her some toast.

People who don't get their daily dose of light at the right time of day can end up with worse health.

Word Forms

• doses
• dosing
• dosed

Synonyms for dose

Depending on context, synonyms include fill, drug, dosage.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dosage, drug, medication, recipe, injection, overdose.

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