German

Noun

Dosis f ‎(genitive Dosis, plural Dosen)

1. dose

Declension

Afrikaans

Noun

dosis ‎(plural dosisse)

1. dose

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: do‧sis

Etymology

From 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”).

Noun

dosis f ‎(plural doses or dosissen, diminutive dosisje n)

1. dose

Derived terms

• overdosis
• stralingsdosis

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish dosis.

Noun

dósis

1. dose, medicine

Latin

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.sis/, [ˈdɔ.sɪs]

Noun

dosis f ‎(genitive dosis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) dose

Inflection

Third declension, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Descendants

References

• DOSIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις ‎(dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), from δίδωμι ‎(dídōmi, “to give”).

Noun

dosis f ‎(plural dosis)

1. dose