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Dose Dosed Amount I Noun Medicine Drug Measured

word dose
definition
noun
A dose of medicine or a drug is a measured amount of it which is intended to be taken at one time.
One dose of penicillin can wipe out the infection.
You can refer to an amount of something as a dose of that thing, especially when you want to emphasize that there is a great deal of it.
She was born with a healthy dose of self-confidence.
The West is getting a heavy dose of snow and rain today.
verb
If you dose a person or animal with medicine, you give them an amount of it.
The doctor fixed the rib, dosed him heavily with drugs, and said he would probably get better.
I dosed myself with quinine.
I dosed him up with Valium.
inflections dosesdosingdosed
cefr-level C1

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