1. dose - noun
· a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
Synonym(s): dosage
Hypernym(s): medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal_drug
2. dose - noun
· the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
Synonym(s): dosage
Hypernym(s): indefinite_quantity
3. dose - noun
· a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
Synonym(s): venereal_disease, VD, venereal_infection, social_disease, Cupid%27s_itch, Cupid%27s_disease, Venus%27s_curse, sexually_transmitted_disease, STD
Hypernym(s): contagious_disease, contagion
4. dose - noun
· street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
Synonym(s): acid, back_breaker, battery-acid, dot, Elvis, loony_toons, Lucy_in_the_sky_with_diamonds, pane, superman, window_pane, Zen
Hypernym(s): lysergic_acid_diethylamide, LSD
5. dose - verb
· treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; "The ray dosed the paint"
6. dose - verb
· administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist"
Synonym(s): drug
Hypernym(s): medicate, medicine
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