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Definitions for Dose

[1] a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
[2] a substance, situation, or quantity of anything analogous to medicine, especially of something disagreeable: Failing the exam was a hard dose to swallow.
[3] an amount of sugar added in the production of champagne.
[4] Physics . Also called absorbed dose. the quantity of ionizing radiation absorbed by a unit mass of matter, especially living tissue: measured in gray or rad. exposure dose.
[5] Slang . a case of gonorrhea or syphilis.
[6] to administer in or apportion for doses.
[7] to give a dose of medicine to.
[8] to add sugar to (champagne) during production.
[9] to take a dose of medicine.
[10] med a specific quantity of a therapeutic drug or agent taken at any one time or at specified intervals
[11] informal something unpleasant to experience a dose of influenza
[12] Also called: dosage the total energy of ionizing radiation absorbed by unit mass of material, esp of living tissue; usually measured in grays (SI unit) or rads
[13] Also called: dosage a small amount of syrup added to wine, esp sparkling wine, when the sediment is removed and the bottle is corked
[14] slang a venereal infection, esp gonorrhoea
[15] like a dose of salts very quickly indeed
[16] to administer a dose or doses to (someone)
[17] med to give (a therapeutic drug or agent) in appropriate quantities
[18] (often foll by up) to give (someone, esp oneself) drugs, medicine, etc, esp in large quantities
[19] to add syrup to (wine) during bottling

Words related to Dose

shot, measurement, application, lot, measure, prescription, quantity, dosage, potion, hit, fix, share, dram, nip, slug, fill, draught, spoonful

Words nearby Dose

dos, dos passos, dos passos, john, dos-à-dos, dosage, dose, dose equivalent, dose of one's own medicine, dose-response curve, dosh, dosimeter

Origin of Dose

1590–1600; earlier dos < Late Latin dosis < Greek dósis a giving

Other words from Dose

dos·er , noun
su·per·dose , noun
un·der·dose , noun
un·der·dose , verb (used with object), un·der·dosed, un·der·dos·ing.
well-dosed , adjective

Word origin for Dose

C15: from French, from Late Latin dosis, from Greek: a giving, from didonai to give

Synonyms for Dose

application, dosage, lot, measure, measurement, prescription, quantity, shot, dram, draught, fill, fix, hit, nip, potion, share, slug, spoonful