dose

English

/dəʊs/, /doʊs/

noun
Definitions
  • A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
  • The quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation administered at any one time.
  • (figurative) Anything disagreeable that must be taken.
  • A venereal infection.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dose derived from Latin dosis (the small box in which a dose of medication was given, dose) derived from Ancient Greek δόσις (a giving, a portion prescribed, gift) root from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (give, spread out, lay out).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*deh₃-

Gloss

give, spread out, lay out

Concept
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Action/Process

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