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dose
(dōs)n.
1.
a. A specified quantity of a therapeutic agent, such as medicine, prescribed to be taken at one time or at stated intervals.
b. The amount of radiation administered as therapy to a given site.
2. An ingredient added, especially to wine, to impart flavor or strength.
3. An amount, especially of something unpleasant, to which one is subjected: a dose of hard luck.
4. Slang A venereal infection.
tr.v. dosed, dos·ing, dos·es
1. To give (someone) a dose, as of medicine.
2. To give or prescribe (medicine) in specified amounts.
[French, from Late Latin dosis, from Greek, something given, from didonai, to give; see dō- in Indo-European roots.]
dos′er n.
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dose
(dəʊs)n
1. (Pharmacology) 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. (General Physics) 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. (Brewing) 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. (Pathology) slang a venereal infection, esp gonorrhoea
6. like a dose of salts very quickly indeed
vb (tr)
7. (Medicine) to administer a dose or doses to (someone)
8. (Pharmacology) med to give (a therapeutic drug or agent) in appropriate quantities
9. (Pharmacology) (often foll by up) to give (someone, esp oneself) drugs, medicine, etc, esp in large quantities
10. (Brewing) to add syrup to (wine) during bottling
[C15: from French, from Late Latin dosis, from Greek: a giving, from didonai to give]
ˈdoser n
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dose
(doʊs)n., v. dosed, dos•ing. n.
1. a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
2. an intense and often disagreeable experience: a dose of bad luck.
3. an amount of sugar solution added in the production of sparkling wine.
4. the amount of radiation to which something has been exposed or the amount that has been absorbed by a given mass of material, esp. living tissue.
5. Slang. a case of gonorrhea.
v.t. 6. to give a dose of medicine to.
7. to administer in doses.
8. to add sugar to (wine) during production.
v.i. 9. to take a dose of medicine.
[1590–1600; earlier dos < Late Latin dosis < Greek dósis act of giving, dose =(di)dó(nai) to give + -sis -sis]
dos′er, n.
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dose
Past participle: dosed
Gerund: dosing
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| Noun | 1. |  dose - a measured portion of medicine taken at any one timebooster dose, booster shot, recall dose, booster - an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective hit - a dose of a narcotic drug lethal dose - the size dose that will cause death medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
| 2. |  dose - the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one timeindefinite quantity - an estimated quantity | |
| 3. | dose - a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact Cupid's disease, Cupid's itch, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, STD, VD, venereal disease, venereal infection, Venus's curse contagion, contagious disease - any disease easily transmitted by contact herpes genitalis - an infection caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) that is usually transmitted by sexual contact; marked by recurrent attacks of painful eruptions on the skin and mucous membranes of the genital area gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, clap - a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra granuloma inguinale, granuloma venereum - a venereal disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Calymmatobacterium; characterized by a pimply rash of the skin in the genital and groin region lues, lues venerea, pox, syph, syphilis - a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) LGV, lymphogranuloma venereum, lymphopathia venereum - infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium; transmitted by sexual contact; characterized by genital lesions and swelling of lymph nodes in the groin chlamydia - a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia | |
| 4. |  dose - street name for lysergic acid diethylamideElvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, back breaker, battery-acid, window pane, acid, superman, pane, Zen, dot LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide - a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid | |
| Verb | 1. | dose - treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; "The ray dosed the paint" |
| 2. | dose - administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist" practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put under, put out - administer an anesthetic drug to; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"; "anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth" poison - administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did not die" |
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dose
noun
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
dose
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Translations
جُرْعَةجُرْعَةُ دَواءجُرْعَةٌ منيُعْطي جُرْعَة دَواء
dávkanáporpodat dávku
dosisomgangdosere
annus
annoslääkeannos
doza
gyógyszerelkellemetlen dolog
lyfjaskammtursetja á lyfjagjöfskammtur; kast
服用量
복용량
dozėduotiporcija
devadot zāļu devu
odmerek
dos
ปริมาณยาที่ให้แต่ละครั้ง
dozhoşa gitmeyen şeyilâç vermekberbat bir grip
liều
dose
[dəʊs]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
dose
[ˈdəʊs] n
(fig) [reality] → dose f
vt
to dose o.s. → se bourrer de médicaments
to dose o.s with sth → se bourrer de qch
to dose sb with sth → administrer qch à qn
to dose o.s. → se bourrer de médicaments
to dose o.s with sth → se bourrer de qch
to dose sb with sth → administrer qch à qn
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
dose
n
(Med) → Dosis f; (fig, of punishment etc) → Ration f; give him a dose of medicine → gib ihm Medizin; he needs a dose of his own medicine (fig) → man sollte es ihm mit gleicher Münze heimzahlen; in small/large doses (fig) → in kleinen/großen Mengen; she’s all right in small doses → sie ist nur (für) kurze Zeit zu ertragen
vt person → Arznei geben (+dat); I’ve tried dosing myself with cough mixture → ich habe versucht, mich mit Hustensaft zu kurieren
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
dose
[dəʊs]1. n (of medicine) → dose f (Brit) (of fever etc) → attacco
to get a dose of flu → prendersi l'influenza
in small doses (fig) → a piccole dosi
to get a dose of flu → prendersi l'influenza
in small doses (fig) → a piccole dosi
2. vt to dose sb with sth → somministrare qc a qn
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
dose
(dəus) noun1. the quantity of medicine etc to be taken at one time. It's time you had a dose of your medicine.
2. an unpleasant thing (especially an illness) which one is forced to suffer. a nasty dose of flu.
verb to give medicine to. She dosed him with aspirin.
ˈdosage (-sidʒ) noun the size of, or method of giving, a dose of medicine etc. What is the dosage for a child of five?
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
dose
→ جُرْعَة dávka dosis Dosis δόση dosis annos dose doza dose 服用量 복용량 dosis dose dawka dose доза dos ปริมาณยาที่ให้แต่ละครั้ง doz liều 剂量Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
dose
n. dosis, dosificación.
1. cantidad prescrita de medicina u otro agente terapéutico;
2. en medicina nuclear, una cantidad farmacéutica determinada;
absorbed ___ → ___ de absorción;
average ___ → ___ promedio, media;
bone marrow ___ → ___ de la médula ósea;
booster ___ → ___ de refuerzo;
cumulative ___ → ___ acumulada;
curative ___ → ___ curativa;
daily ___ → ___ diaria;
divided ___ → ___ dividida;
effective ___ → ___ efectiva;
equivalent ___ → ___ equivalente;
exposure ___ → ___ de exposición;
initial ___ → ___ inicial;
integral ___ → ___ integral;
lethal ___ → ___ letal;
maximal ___ → ___ máxima;
maximal permissible ___ → máxima ___ permitida;
maximum tolerated ___ → ___ máxima tolerable;
minimal ___ → ___ mínima;
minimal lethal ___ → ___ letal mínina;
minimal reacting ___ → ___ reactiva mínima;
optimum ___ → ___ óptima;
preventive ___ → ___ preventiva;
radiation ___ → ___ de radiación;
reduction ___ → ___ de reducción;
skin ___ → ___ dermal;
therapeutic ___ → ___ terapéutica;
tolerated ___ → ___ tolerada;
unit ___ → ___ individual;
volume ___ → ___ de volumen.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
dose
n dosis f; high-dose* a or en dosis altas; low-dose* a or en dosis bajas, (birth control) de baja dosis; test — dosis de prueba* There are at least 12 possible translations of this term using the prepositions a, en, or de; using singular or plural; and inverting the order of the adjective and noun. Using de implies a fundamental quality of the medication under discussion. All permutations are seen; the two listed the most common.
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