dose /dōs, in Scotland commonly dōz/

1. The quantity of medicine, electric current, X-rays, etc, administered at one time
2. A portion, esp a measured portion, of something given or added
3. Anything disagreeable or medicinal to be taken
4. A bout, esp of an illness or something unpleasant
5. An infection with a sexually transmitted disease, esp gonorrhoea (slang)

1. To order or give in doses
2. To give doses to

dōsˈage noun

1. The practice, act or method of dosing
2. The regulation of dose
3. The addition of an ingredient
4. The proper size of dose

dōsimˈeter noun

An instrument for measuring radiation, a small ionization chamber with a scale on which can be read the dose that has caused it partially to discharge (also doseˈ-meter)

dōsimˈetry noun

dōsiolˈogy or dosolˈogy noun

The science of doses

dose equivalent noun

A quantity of absorbed radiation dosage, measured in sieverts or formerly in rems, being the value of the absorbed dose (qv below) adjusted to take account of the different effects different types of radiation have on the human body, etc

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