dose

n.

1. 1. A specified quantity of a therapeutic agent, such as a drug or medicine, prescribed to be taken at one time or at stated intervals.
   2. 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.]

doser dos'er n.

A measure of the extent to which matter has been exposed to ionizing radiation. The absorbed dose is the energy per unit mass absorbed by matter as a result of such exposure. The SI unit is the gray, although it is often measured in rads (1 rad = 0.01 gray; see radiation units). The maximum permissible dose is the recommended upper limit of absorbed dose that a person or organ should receive in a specified period according to the International Commission on Radiological Protection.

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verb

To administer or add a drug to: drug, medicate, narcotize, opiate, physic. Informal dope (up). See drugs/temperance.

n

1. the quantity of drug necessary to produce a desired effect. n 2. the total radiation delivered to a specified area or volume or to the whole body. See also dose, radiation-absorbed.

The precise amount of a drug prescribed by a doctor to be given to a patient at any one time.

The quantity to be administered at one time, as a specified amount of medication or a given quantity of radiation.

• absorbed d. — that amount of energy from ionizing radiations absorbed per unit mass of matter, expressed in Grays.
• air d. — the intensity of an x- or gamma-ray beam in air, expressed in coulombs per kilogram.
• booster d. — an amount of immunogen (vaccine, toxoid or other antigen preparation), sometimes smaller than the original amount, injected at an appropriate interval after primary immunization to enhance and sustain the immune response to that immunogen.
• curative d. (CD) — a dose that is sufficient to restore normal health.
• divided d. — a fraction of the total quantity of a drug prescribed to be given at intervals, usually during a 24-hour period.
• d. equivalent limits — the limits of ionizing radiation set for radiation workers and the general public by the International Commission on Radiological Protection. For radiology workers this limit for the whole body is 50 mSv.
• fatal d. — lethal dose.
• d. fractions — in radiation therapy, the small doses given to reach the total radiation dose during the treatment period.
• infectious d. 50 (ID₅₀) — that amount of pathogenic microorganisms that will produce infection in 50% of the test subjects.
• infective d. (ID) — that amount of pathogenic microorganisms that will cause infection in susceptible subjects.
• lethal d. (LD) — the amount of toxin or drug that will kill an animal.
• d. level — the amount administered per unit of body weight.
• loading d. — the initial large dose of a drug given to bring tissue and fluid levels to an effective concentration quickly. Called also priming dose.
• maintenance d. — the smaller doses given to maintain effective levels in body fluids and tissues after the loading dose has achieved the concentration desired.
• maximum permissible d. — see dose equivalent limits (above).
• median curative d. (CD₅₀) — a dose that abolishes signs in 50% of test animals.
• median effective d. (MED) — the dose that produces the desired effect in 50% of the test animals.
• median lethal d. (MD₅₀) — the quantity of an agent that will kill 50% of the test subjects; in radiology, the amount of radiation that will kill, within a specified period, 50% of individuals in a large group or population.
• minimum lethal d. (MLD) — the lowest dose which kills all of the test subjects.
• d. rate — the amount administered per unit of time.
• d. response — 1. the incremental change in the subject per unit of additional dose. The response as a function of the dose.
— 2. the frequency of occurrence of a disease as the intake of the suspected risk factor increases. The relationship is expressed by the proximity of the illustrative curve to the expected relationship.
• skin d. — 1. the air dose of radiation at the skin surface, comprising the primary radiation plus backscatter.
— 2. the absorbed dose in the skin.
• tolerance d. — the largest quantity of an agent that may be administered without harm.

IN BRIEF: An amount of medicine.

Nothing is as real as a healthy dose of magic which restores our spirits. — Nancy Long Spirit Douglas.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - dosis, portion, omgang, bestrålingsdosis, kønssygdom
v. tr. - behandle med medicin, give doser til, fortynde, blande op

Nederlands (Dutch)
dosis, dosering, druiper, afpassen, besmetten, mengen

Français (French)
n. - (Pharm) dose, attaque de (grippe, etc), vérole
v. tr. - administrer un médicament à

Deutsch (German)
n. - Dosis, Dosierung, Tripper
v. - Arzneimittel geben, vermischen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δόση
v. - παίρνω ή δίνω δόση (φαρμάκου)

Italiano (Italian)
dose, scolo, gonorrea

Português (Portuguese)
n. - dose (f)
v. - dosar

Русский (Russian)
доза, венерическая болезнь

Español (Spanish)
n. - dosis, SIDA, tipo de gonorrea o sífilis
v. tr. - administrar medicina

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dos, portion
v. - ge medicin, dosera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
剂量, 服用量, 给药, 使服药

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 劑量, 服用量
v. tr. - 給藥, 使服藥

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 1번 복용량
v. tr. - 투약하다, 조제하다, 섞다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 服用量, 一回分
v. - 投薬する, 服用させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جرعه, كميه محددة من الدواء (فعل) يعطي شخص جرعه أو كميه من الدوا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מנת-תרופה, מחלת מין, מנה‬
v. tr. - ‮נתן מנה, מינן‬

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