dose

[ dohs ]

/ doʊs /

noun

a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.

a substance, situation, or quantity of anything analogous to medicine, especially of something disagreeable: Failing the exam was a hard dose to swallow.

an amount of sugar added in the production of champagne.

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.

Slang. a case of gonorrhea or syphilis.

verb (used with object), dosed, dos·ing.

to administer in or apportion for doses.

to give a dose of medicine to.

to add sugar to (champagne) during production.

verb (used without object), dosed, dos·ing.

to take a dose of medicine.

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, nounsu·per·dose, nounun·der·dose, nounun·der·dose, verb (used with object), un·der·dosed, un·der·dos·ing.

well-dosed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for dosing

I've just been dosing on sage tea and honey, and it has about broke up my cough.
A Little Girl in Old Boston|Amanda Millie Douglas
No dosing is allowed in between; the members of the family get it when the proper time comes round.
The Dop Doctor|Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
Although I am a stickler for old-time ways and things, I think I shall leave out all of the old spring dosing except the greens.
In Pastures Green|Peter McArthur
Another does not think he has a bad night if he has had intervals of dosing occasionally.
Notes on Nursing|Florence Nightingale

Dr. Andrus is dosing me and when it clears off I hope to feel better.
Diary of an Enlisted Man|Lawrence Van Alstyne

British Dictionary definitions for dosing

dose

/ (dəʊs) /

noun

med a specific quantity of a therapeutic drug or agent taken at any one time or at specified intervals

informal something unpleasant to experiencea dose of influenza

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

Also called: dosage a small amount of syrup added to wine, esp sparkling wine, when the sediment is removed and the bottle is corked

slang a venereal infection, esp gonorrhoea

like a dose of salts very quickly indeed

verb (tr)

to administer a dose or doses to (someone)

med to give (a therapeutic drug or agent) in appropriate quantities

(often foll by up) to give (someone, esp oneself) drugs, medicine, etc, esp in large quantities

to add syrup to (wine) during bottling

Derived forms of dose

doser, noun

Word Origin for dose

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

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Medicine definitions for dosing

dose

[ dōs ]

n.

A specified quantity of a therapeutic agent, such as a drug, prescribed to be taken at one time or at stated intervals.

The amount of radiation administered as therapy to a given site.

v.

To give or prescribe something, such as medicine, in specified amounts.

To give someone a dose, as of medicine.

dose

noun

verb (used with object), dosed, dos·ing.

verb (used without object), dosed, dos·ing.

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noun

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