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dose(1) (iou)



dose noun. LME.
[French from late Latin dosis from Greek = giving, gift, portion of medicine (Galen), from didonai give.]
A definite quantity of a medicine or drug (prescribed to be) given or taken at any one time. LME.
a dose of one's own medicine: see MEDICINE noun1. a dose of salts a dose of laxative salts (like a dose of salts, very rapidly).
I. Murdoch With a large dose of sleeping pills and alcohol in his body. R. Macaulay I went and saw the camel, and gave it a dose of its sedative. M. Moorcock I was using cocaine in stronger and stronger doses.
b. An amount of ionizing radiation to which a person etc. is exposed. E20.
A definite quantity of something regarded as analogous in some respect to medicine. E17.
C. Merivale To repeat and daily increase the dose of flattery. L. Blue Occasional doses of solitude increase my pleasure.
An unpleasant experience; a bout of influenza etc. M19.
Washington Post A badly sprained wrist and a heavy dose of the flu have kept him out of uniform.
(An infection with) venereal disease. slang. E20.
Comb.: dosemeter = DOSIMETER.