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dose (enc)

Dose

Noun1.dose - a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
booster dose, booster shot, recall dose, booster - an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective
draught, draft - a dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft"
hit - a dose of a narcotic drug
lethal dose - the size dose that will cause death
medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
lozenge, pill, tablet, tab - a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
2.dose - the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity
3.dose - street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide - a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid
Verb1.dose - treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; "The ray dosed the paint"
process, treat - subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill"
2.dose - administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist"
practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put under, put to sleep, put out - make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"
medicine, medicate - treat medicinally, treat with medicine
dope up, dope - give a narcotic to; "The athletes were dope by the coach before the race"
o.d., overdose - dose too heavily; "The rock star overdosed and was found dead in his hotel room"
narcotise, narcotize - administer narcotics to
poison - administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did not die"

 

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