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dose
/ˈdoʊ̯s/
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What does dose mean?
noun
- A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
- The quantity of an agent (not always active), substance, or radiation administered or experienced at any one time.
- (figuratively) A good measure or lengthy experience of something.
More meanings (9)
noun
- A cold; a common, viral illness of the nasal passage, sometimes with fever.
- (dated, figuratively) Anything disagreeable that must be taken.
- (dated) A venereal infection.
- (archaic) Archaic form of doze.
verb
- To administer a dose (of medicine) to.
- To prescribe a dose.
- To surreptitiously administer a dose of an incapacitating drug (to an unwilling subject); to roofie.
- (dated) To transmit a venereal disease to.
- (archaic) Archaic form of doze.
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IPA pronunciation
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I gave him a dose of syrup of buckthorn, and put him on a diet of pot-liquor and vegetables till further orders.
I saw him administer a dose of the raw brandy to M’ling, and saw the five figures melt into one vague patch.
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He merely took a dose of powerful physic to clear himself of the stones, and was then ready for the next performance.
I took for each dose as much as would lie on the tip of a penknife-blade, mixing it with warm camomile tea.