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noun
The administration of a medication etc, in a measured amount; dosing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The addition of a small measured amount of a substance to something, e.g. sugar to wine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The measured amount so administered or added (the dose), combined with the frequency of administration and the time period for which it is taken.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dose
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
Narrower terms: booster, booster dose, booster shot, recall dose, draft, draught, hit, lethal dose, pill, lozenge, tablet, tab
noun
the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: dose
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: indefinite quantity
History
From French dosage.
Across languages
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
