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dose
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noun (n)
- a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time(noun.quantity)source: wordnet30
- a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact(noun.state)source: wordnet30
- street name for lysergic acid diethylamide(noun.artifact)Synonym:
acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dot, elvis, loony toons, lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, zensource: wordnet30 - The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- treat with an agent; add (an agent) to(verb.change)Example:
The ray dosed the paint.
source: wordnet30 - To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses.(verb)source: webster1913