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Definition of dose

street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist"
treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; "The ray dosed the paint"

Hyponyms: booster, booster dose, booster shot, recall dose, draft, draught, hit, lethal dose, pill, lozenge, tablet, tab, anesthetize, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anaesthetise, put to sleep, put under, put out, dope, dope up, overdose, o.d., narcotize, narcotise, poison

Derivational Morphology: drug, dosage, sedation, drugging

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