dose

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Derived terms

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[edit] Etymology

From Greek δόσις dosis “a portion prescribed”, lit. “a giving”, used by Galen and other Greek physicians to mean an amount of medicine, from δίδοναι didonai “to give”.

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• Rhymes: -əʊs

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dose (plural doses)

1. A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
2. The quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation administered at any one time.

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to dose (third-person singular simple present doses, present participle dosing, simple past and past participle dosed)

1. To administer a dose
2. To prescribe a dose

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• Anagrams of deos
• does
• odes
• SOED

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• IPA: /dɔz/, SAMPA: /dOz/

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dose

1. proportion

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dose f. (plural dosi)

1. dose
2. quantity, amount, measure

[edit] Derived terms

• dosare