Definition of Dose. Meaning of Dose. Synonyms of Dose

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Definition of Dose

Dose
Dose Dose (d[=o]s), n. [F. dose, Gr. do`sis a giving, a dose, fr. dido`nai 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 nauseous that one is obliged to take; a disagreeable portion thrust upon one. I 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.
Dose
Dose Dose, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dosed; p. pr. & vb. n. dosing.] [Cf. F. doser. See Dose, n.] 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.

Meaning of Dose from wikipedia

- Look up Dose, dose, dosage, or dosis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dose or Dosage may refer to: Dose (Gov't Mule album), 1998 Dose (Latin Playboys...
- exposure (or doses) to a stimulus or stressor (usually a chemical) after a certain exposure time. Dose–response relationships can be described by dose–response...
- dose is an initial higher dose of a drug that may be given at the beginning of a course of treatment before dropping down to a lower maintenance dose...
- A dose-ranging study is a clinical trial where different doses of an agent (e.g. a drug) are tested against each other to establish which dose works best...
- Equivalent dose (symbol H) is a dose quantity representing the stochastic health effects of low levels of ionizing radiation on the human body which represents...
- varies from one individual to another, the "lethal dose" represents a dose (usually recorded as dose per kilogram of subject body weight) at which a given...
- lethal dose, LD50 (abbreviation for "lethal dose, 50%"), LC50 (lethal concentration, 50%) or LCt50 is a toxic unit that measures the lethal dose of a given...
- Davangere benne dose or dosey, dāvaṇagere beṇṇe dōse) or butter dosa is a type of dosa which traces its origin to the city of Davanagere in Karnataka,...
- The first-dose phenomenon is a sudden and severe fall in blood pressure that can occur when changing from a lying to a standing position the first time...
- Dose is a common expression generally meaning double that of the typical amount. It may also refer to: Double Dose (Hot Tuna album), 1978 Double Dose...