dose (Meaning)

Wordnet

dose (n)

a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time

the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time

a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

Wordnet

dose (v)

treat with an agent; add (an agent) to

administer a drug to

Webster

dose (n.)

The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.

A sufficient quantity; a portion; as much as one can take, or as falls to one to receive.

Anything nauseous that one is obliged to take; a disagreeable portion thrust upon one.

To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses.

To give doses to; to medicine or physic to; to give potions to, constantly and without need.

To give anything nauseous to.

dose Sentence Examples

  1. The doctor prescribed a low dose of antibiotics to treat the infection.
  2. Make sure you take the full dose of medication as prescribed.
  3. The recommended dose of the supplement is one capsule per day.
  4. The lethal dose of the poison is very small, so be careful when handling it.
  5. The radiation dose received by the patient during the X-ray was minimal.
  6. The recommended dose of fertilizer for this plant is one tablespoon per gallon of water.
  7. The dose of medicine needed to achieve the desired effect varies from person to person.
  8. The doctor adjusted the patient's dose of medication based on their response to the treatment.
  9. The clinical trial is designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the new drug in different doses.
  10. The study aims to determine the optimal dose of the treatment for achieving the best results.

FAQs About the word dose

a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time, the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time, a communica

drug,dosage, remedy, physic, tablet,medication, capsule, lozenge, cap, pill

No antonyms found.

The doctor prescribed a low dose of antibiotics to treat the infection.

Make sure you take the full dose of medication as prescribed.

The recommended dose of the supplement is one capsule per day.

The lethal dose of the poison is very small, so be careful when handling it.