dose

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time

Similar word(s): dosage

Definition categories: man–made, medicament, medication, medicine

2. the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time

Similar word(s): dosage

Definition categories: quantity

3. a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

Definition categories: state, contagion

4. street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

Similar word(s): acid, dot, elvis, pane, superman

Definition categories: man–made

verb

1. treat with an agent; add (an agent) to

- The ray dosed the paint

Definition categories: change, process, treat

2. administer a drug to

Similar word(s): drug

Definition categories: body, medicate, medicine