dose

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
  2. noun the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
  3. noun a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dose, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), used by Galen and other Greek physicians to mean an amount of medicine, from δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”). Doublet of doos.

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Synonyms

dosage

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