dosing


dose

D0349400 (dōs)n.1. a. A specified quantity of a therapeutic agent, such as medicine, prescribed to be taken at one time or at stated intervals.b. The amount of radiation administered as therapy to a given site.2. An ingredient added, especially to wine, to impart flavor or strength.3. An amount, especially of something unpleasant, to which one is subjected: a dose of hard luck.4. Slang A venereal infection.tr.v. dosed, dos·ing, dos·es 1. To give (someone) a dose, as of medicine.2. To give or prescribe (medicine) in specified amounts.
[French, from Late Latin dosis, from Greek, something given, from didonai, to give; see dō- in Indo-European roots.]
dos′er n.
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