dose
A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
Example
“Why did he give you only a single 500 mg dose? The correct dosage of this antibiotic is one 500 mg tablet twice a day for 10 days.”
Other meanings
The quantity of an agent (not always active), substance, or radiation administered or experienced at any one time.
A good measure or lengthy experience of something.
“a healthy dose of skepticism.”
A kind of
- medicine
Kinds of dose
- recall dose
- draft
- lethal dose
- pill
Word history
From Ancient Greek "δόσις" (a portion prescribed).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “dose” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.