overdose

English

Noun

overdose (plural overdoses)

1. An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.

   die of a heroin overdose

Verb

overdose (third-person singular simple present overdoses, present participle overdosing, simple past and past participle overdosed)

1. (intransitive) To dose excessively, to take an overdose.

   be careful not to overdose on that stuff

   she overdosed on cocaine.

Derived terms

• OD
• overdoser

Related terms

• overdosage

Translations

to dose excessively

Czech: předávkovat (cs)

French: surdose (fr) f.

Anagrams

• does over
• overdoes

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Italian

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Etymology

English

Noun

overdose f. (plural overdosi) or f. inv.

1. (medicine) overdose

Anagrams

• doverose