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Meaning of dose

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  dose
      n 1: a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time [syn:
           {dose}, {dosage}]
      2: the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation)
         taken in or absorbed at any one time [syn: {dose}, {dosage}]
      3: a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or
         genital contact [syn: {venereal disease}, {VD}, {venereal
         infection}, {social disease}, {Cupid's itch}, {Cupid's
         disease}, {Venus's curse}, {dose}, {sexually transmitted
         disease}, {STD}]
      4: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: {acid},
         {back breaker}, {battery-acid}, {dose}, {dot}, {Elvis},
         {loony toons}, {Lucy in the sky with diamonds}, {pane},
         {superman}, {window pane}, {Zen}]
      v 1: treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; "The ray dosed the
           paint"
      2: administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist"
         [syn: {drug}, {dose}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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