dosenoun [ C ]
uk/dəʊs/us/doʊs/B2 a measured amount of something such as medicine:
a high/low dose
a dose of penicillin
The label says to take one dose three times a day.
20 or 30 of these pills would be a lethal dose (= enough to kill you).
B2 an amount or experience of something, often something bad or unpleasant:
The government received a hefty dose of bad news this week.
UK She's got a nasty dose of flu.
UK slang a case of gonorrhoea (= a disease of the sexual organs)
More examples
- It is dangerous to take more than the recommended dose of this medicine.
- The correct dose is one spoonful three times a day.
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Medicine in different forms
- anesthetic
- bolus
- counter
- drug
- hormone replacement therapy
- injection
- medicate
- medicinal
- meds
- ointment
- pharma
- placebo
- preparation
- radiotherapy
- restorative
- Rx
- tablet
- tonic
- topical
- vial
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Idiom(s)
in small doses
like a dose of salts
doseverb [ T ]
uk/dəʊs/us/doʊs/UKto give someone a measured amount of medicine:
informal He dosed himself (up) with valium to calm his nerves.
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Medicines & drugs: administering drugs & medicines
- anaesthesiology
- anaesthetist
- anesthesiology
- bolus
- dispense
- doping
- drug
- ED
- inject
- knock
- knock sb out
- overprescribe
- PCA
- prescribe
- put
- put sb on sth
- sedate
- sedation
- self-medicate
- tranquillize