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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: dose

1	n v	a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time treat with an agent; add (an agent) to
2	n	street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
3	n	a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: dose

n a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time

Synonyms:: dosage

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; booster, booster dose, booster shot, recall dose
an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective; draft, draught
a dose of liquid medicine; hit
a dose of a narcotic drug; lethal dose
the size dose that will cause death; lozenge, pill, tab, tablet
a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet; bolus
a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine; capsule
a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside; dragee
pill that is a sugar-coated medicated candy; sleeping capsule, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, sleeping tablet
a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule)

Type of:: medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine
(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

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

Synonyms:: dosage

Type of:: indefinite quantity
an estimated quantity

v treat with an agent; add (an agent) to

“The ray dosed the paint”

Type of:: process, treat
subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition

v administer a drug to

Synonyms:: drug

Types:: show 12 types...; hide 12 types...; anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put out, put under
administer an anesthetic drug to; dope, dope up
give a narcotic to; o.d., overdose
dose too heavily; narcotise, narcotize
administer narcotics to; poison
administer poison to; etherise, etherize
anesthetize with ether; cocainise, cocainize
anesthetize with cocaine; chloroform
anesthetize with chloroform; freeze
anesthetize by cold; soup
dope (a racehorse); intoxicate
have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug; block
interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia

Type of:: medicate, medicine
treat medicinally, treat with medicine

n street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

Synonyms:: Elvis, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, Zen, acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dot, loony toons, pane, superman, window pane

Type of:: LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide
a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid

n a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

Synonyms:: Cupid's disease, Cupid's itch, STD, VD, Venus's curse, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, venereal disease, venereal infection

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; genital herpes, herpes genitalis
an infection caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) that is usually transmitted by sexual contact; marked by recurrent attacks of painful eruptions on the skin and mucous membranes of the genital area; clap, gonorrhea, gonorrhoea
a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra; granuloma inguinale, granuloma venereum
a venereal disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Calymmatobacterium; characterized by a pimply rash of the skin in the genital and groin region; lues, lues venerea, pox, syph, syphilis
a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta); LGV, lymphogranuloma venereum, lymphopathia venereum
infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium; transmitted by sexual contact; characterized by genital lesions and swelling of lymph nodes in the groin; chlamydia
a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia; primary syphilis
the first stage; characterized by a chancre at the site of infection; secondary syphilis
the second stage; characterized by eruptions of the skin and mucous membrane; tertiary syphilis
the third stage; characterized by involvement of internal organs especially the brain and spinal cord as well as the heart and liver; neurosyphilis
syphilis of the central nervous system

Type of:: contagion, contagious disease
any disease easily transmitted by contact

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