dose
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dose/dəʊs/
▶noun
- 1 a quantity of a medicine or drug taken at one time.
■ an amount of ionizing radiation received or absorbed at one time.
- 2 informal a quantity of something necessary but unpleasant.
- 3 informal a venereal infection.
- 1 administer a dose to.
- 2 adulterate or blend (a substance) with another.
– phrases
like a dose of salts Brit. informal very fast and efficiently. [from the use of Epsom salts as a laxative.]
like a dose of salts Brit. informal very fast and efficiently. [from the use of Epsom salts as a laxative.]
– origin ME: from Fr., via late L. from Gk dosis ‘gift’, from didonai ‘give’.
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