dose

Definitions

1. A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
2. Archaic form of doze.
   alt-of, archaic
3. A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
4. The quantity of an agent (not always active), substance, or radiation administered or experienced at any one time.
5. The quantity of an agent (not always active), substance, or radiation administered or experienced at any one time
6. Anything disagreeable that must be taken.
   dated, figuratively
7. Anything disagreeable that must be taken
8. A good measure or lengthy experience of something.
   figuratively
9. A good measure or lengthy experience of something
10. A venereal infection.
    dated
11. A venereal infection
12. A cold; a common, viral illness of the nasal passage, sometimes with fever.
    Ireland, colloquial

Equivalents

33 more languages

العربيةالجرعةجرعةشربة

Българскидоза

བོད་སྐད།སྨན་ཐུན

Bosanskidozaдоза

Catalàdosi

Češtinadávka

Ελληνικάδόση

Esperantodozidozo

Suomiannosannosmääräannostaaannostelladuussilääkeannospläjäys+ 4 more

עבריתמנה

हिन्दीमात्रा

Hrvatskidozaдоза

Magyaradagdózis

Bahasa Indonesiadosis

Italianodose

日本語剤投与量用量

ភាសាខ្មែរកំរិត

한국어복용량

Kurdîdoşdoz

Latinadosis

Latviešudevadoza

Bahasa Melayudos

Nederlandsdosis

Polskidawkadawkowaćdozadozowaćzastrzyk+ 2 more

Portuguêsdosardose

Русскийдоза

Српскиdozaдоза

Svenskadosdosera

Tagalogdosis

Türkçedoz

Українськадозадозува́ти

اردوخوراک

Tiếng Việtliềuliệuliều lượng

Examples

“Why did he give⟳ you only a single 500 mg dose? The correct⟳ dosage of this antibiotic is one 500 mg tablet twice a day for 10 days.”

“Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese[…]began to totter, slur their speech and behave like⟳ someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death. Nowadays workers are exposed to far lower doses and manganism is rare.”

““I had then, as you remember⟳, just returned to London after a lot of Indian Ocean, Pacific, China Seas - a regular dose of the East - six years or so, and I was loafing about, hindering you fellows in your work⟳ and invading your homes, just as though I had got a heavenly mission to civilise you.””

“The prospect of becoming a father is a dose of reality that threatens to bring⟳ his dream⟳ world crashing down.”

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

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

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

“There's a dose going round.”

“Just at the dawning of the day, I fell into a dose more like⟳ sleep⟳ than any I had during the whole night, in which I dreamed that I saw⟳ a river as clear as crystal […]”

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