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Webster 1913 Edition
Dose
Dose
(dōs)
, Noun.
[F.
dose
, Gr. δόσισ
a giving, a dose, fr. διδόναι
to give; akin to L. dare
to give. See Date
point of time.] 1.
The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.
2.
A sufficient quantity; a portion; as much as one can take, or as falls to one to receive.
3.
Anything unpleasant that one is obliged to take; a disagreeable portion thrust upon one; also used figuratively,
as to give someone a
. dose
of his own medicine, i. e. to retaliate in kindI am for curing the world by gentle alteratives, not by violent
doses
. W. Irving.
I dare undertake that as fulsome a
dose
as you give him, he shall readily take it down. South.
1.
To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses.
2.
To give doses to; to medicine or physic to; to give potions to, constantly and without need.
A self-opinioned physician, worse than his distemper, who shall
dose
, and bleed, and kill him, “secundum artem.” South
3.
To give anything nauseous to.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dose
DOSE
,Noun.
1.
The quantity of medicine give or prescribed to be taken at one time. 2.
Any thing given to be swallowed; any thing nauseous, that one is obliged to take.3.
A quantity; a portion.4.
As much as a man can swallow.DOSE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To proportion a medicine properly to the patient or disease; to form into suitable doses.2.
To give in doses; to give medicine or physic.3.
To give any thing nauseous.Definition 2024
Dose
Dose
German
Noun
Dose f (genitive Dose, plural Dosen, diminutive Döschen n or Döslein n)
- box (container made from metal or plastic, less often wood)
- tin; can (air-tight container for food)
- (informal, most often diminutive) ****; ****
Declension
Declension of Dose
Synonyms
- (air-tight metal container): Büchse
Derived terms
Terms derived from Dose
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dose
dose
English
Noun
dose (plural doses)
- A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
- The quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation administered at any one time.
- 2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884:
- 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.
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- A venereal infection.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 382:
- It would be very expensive to cure a dose here, as well as unbelievably painful.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 382:
Translations
measured portion of medicine
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quantity of an agent administered at any one time
Verb
dose (third-person singular simple present doses, present participle dosing, simple past and past participle dosed)
- to administer a dose
- to prescribe a dose
Translations
to administer a dose
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔz/
Noun
dose f (plural doses)
Verb
dose
- first-person singular present indicative of doser
- third-person singular present indicative of doser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of doser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of doser
- second-person singular imperative of doser