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Dose
01
a measured amount of drug or medicine that is taken at a given time
02
the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
03
street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
04
a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
to dose
01
treat with an agent; add (an agent) to
02
living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
03
to give or measure out a specific amount of medication or substance
Example
They calculated the dose based on the patient’s weight and medical condition.
The doctor prescribed a dose of 500 milligrams of the medication to be taken twice daily.
The patient was instructed to take a dose every eight hours to maintain effective levels of the drug.
She forgot to take her morning dose, so she took it as soon as she remembered.
The radiation dose was reported as 0.2 gray.
