dose

[dohs] /doʊs/
noun
1.
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
2.
a substance, situation, or quantity of anything analogous to medicine, especially of something disagreeable:
Failing the exam was a hard dose to swallow.
3.
an amount of sugar added in the production of champagne.
4.
Physics.
  1. Also called absorbed dose. the quantity of ionizing radiation absorbed by a unit mass of matter, especially living tissue: measured in gray or rad.
  2. exposure dose.
5.
Slang. a case of gonorrhea or syphilis.
verb (used with object), dosed, dosing.
6.
to administer in or apportion for doses.
7.
to give a dose of medicine to.
8.
to add sugar to (champagne) during production.
verb (used without object), dosed, dosing.
9.
to take a dose of medicine.
Origin
1590-1600; earlier dos < Late Latin dosis < Greek dósis a giving
Related forms
doser, noun
superdose, noun
underdose, noun
underdose, verb (used with object), underdosed, underdosing.
well-dosed, adjective
Examples from the web for dose
  • They have shown that which circuit is activated depends not only on the type of receptor a drug acts on, but also the dose given.
  • Patients with a mild version of the disease who took a high dose of the drug had a slower rate of decline than those who did not.
  • The worm is then funnelled into an incubation well and exposed to a dose of the potential drug.
  • The device might then release a precisely calibrated dose of a drug.
  • Honesty, the ability to demonstrate a broad set of skills, and a healthy dose of self-awareness can go a long way in helping.
  • Once it has got into the blood, it is distributed so widely that it becomes a whole-body dose of radiation.
  • It isn't a myth: one dose of cocaine is all it takes to prime your brain for addiction.
  • Most must resort to an iron self-discipline bolstered by a hefty dose of superiority over those who eat junk food.
  • It was so harmless, in fact, that no lethal dose could be established.
  • You'll want to experiment ahead of time to make sure you know what dose works for me.
British Dictionary definitions for dose

dose

/dəʊs/
noun
1.
(med) a specific quantity of a therapeutic drug or agent taken at any one time or at specified intervals
2.
(informal) something unpleasant to experience: a dose of influenza
3.
Also called dosage. the total energy of ionizing radiation absorbed by unit mass of material, esp of living tissue; usually measured in grays (SI unit) or rads
4.
Also called dosage. a small amount of syrup added to wine, esp sparkling wine, when the sediment is removed and the bottle is corked
5.
(slang) a venereal infection, esp gonorrhoea
6.
like a dose of salts, very quickly indeed
verb (transitive)
7.
to administer a dose or doses to (someone)
8.
(med) to give (a therapeutic drug or agent) in appropriate quantities
9.
(often foll by up) to give (someone, esp oneself) drugs, medicine, etc, esp in large quantities
10.
to add syrup to (wine) during bottling
Derived Forms
doser, noun
Word Origin
C15: from French, from Late Latin dosis, from Greek: a giving, from didonai to give
Word Origin and History for dose
n.

c.1600, from Middle French dose (15c.), from Late Latin dosis, from Greek dosis "a portion prescribed," literally "a giving," used by Galen and other Greek physicians to mean an amount of medicine, from stem of didonai "to give" (see date (n.1)). Slang meaning "venereal disease" is from 1914.

v.

1650s, from dose (n.). Related: Dosed; dosing.

dose in Medicine

dose (dōs)
n.
Abbr. D.

  1. A specified quantity of a therapeutic agent, such as a drug, prescribed to be taken at one time or at stated intervals.

  2. The amount of radiation administered as therapy to a given site.

v. dosed, dos·ing, dos·es

  1. To give or prescribe something, such as medicine, in specified amounts.

  2. To give someone a dose, as of medicine.

Slang definitions & phrases for dose

dose

verb

To infect with a venereal disease, esp gonorrhea: What's going to happen is that you'll get dosed (1914+)