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Dose meaning

What does “dose” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“dose” is a noun and verb with 6 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.

dose

noun

  1. a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time

    Synonymsdosage

  2. the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time

    Synonymsdosage

  3. a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

    Synonymsvenereal diseaseVDvenereal infectionsocial diseaseCupid's itchCupid's diseaseVenus's cursesexually transmitted disease

  4. street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

    Synonymsacidback breakerbattery-aciddotElvisloony toonsLucy in the sky with diamondspane

verb

  1. treat with an agent; add (an agent) to

    “The ray dosed the paint”

  2. administer a drug to

    “They drugged the kidnapped tourist”

    Synonymsdrug

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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