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dose

UK/ˈdəʊ̯s/ US/ˈdɵ̞ʊ̯s/ fairly common
noun (3) verb (2)

noun

1.

a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time

2.

the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time

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3.

verb

1.

treat with an agent; add (an agent) to

  • “The ray dosed the paint”
2.

administer a drug to

  • “They drugged the kidnapped tourist”
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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • absorbed dose
  • banana equivalent dose
  • black dose
  • booster dose
  • committed dose
  • dose dumping
  • dose equivalent
  • dose of one's own medicine

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