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DOSE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

Synonyms:

acid; back breaker; battery-acid; dose; dot; Elvis; loony toons; Lucy in the sky with diamonds; pane; superman; window pane; Zen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dose" is a kind of...):

LSD; lysergic acid diethylamide (a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time

Synonyms:

dosage; dose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dose" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dose"):

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)

Derivation:

dose (administer a drug to)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

dosage; dose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("dose" is a kind of...):

indefinite quantity (an estimated quantity)

Derivation:

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

Sense 4

Meaning:

A communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

Synonyms:

Cupid's disease; Cupid's itch; dose; sexually transmitted disease; social disease; STD; VD; venereal disease; venereal infection; Venus's curse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("dose" is a kind of...):

contagion; contagious disease (any disease easily transmitted by contact)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dose"):

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Administer a drug to

Example:

They drugged the kidnapped tourist

Synonyms:

dose; drug

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "dose" is one way to...):

medicate; medicine (treat medicinally, treat with medicine)

Domain category:

medicine; practice of medicine (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dose"):

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)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

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

dose (a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Treat with an agent; add (an agent) to

Example:

The ray dosed the paint

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "dose" is one way to...):

process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

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

Credits

 Context examples: 

A dose calculation unit expressed in microgram(s) per gram per period of time equal to sixty minutes.

(Microgram per Gram per Hour, NCI Thesaurus)

Treating the flies with low doses of anisomycin, a drug that blocks protein production, prevented nerve cell damage and restored the flies’ movement even though levels of s15 phosphorylation remained high.

(Too much protein may kill brain cells as Parkinson’s progresses, NINDS)

A dose calculation unit expressed in microgram(s) per gram per period of time equal to twenty-four hours.

(Microgram per Gram per Day, NCI Thesaurus)

Compared to the tablet formulation, the liquid is easier to swallow and offers more flexibility and accuracy in dosing, which is beneficial for use in pediatric patients.

(Mercaptopurine Oral Suspension, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of absorbed radiation dose equal to one million rad (10E6 rad), or 10000 Gy (10E4 Gy).

(Megarad, NCI Thesaurus)

Such events can be intervention related, dose related, route related, patient related, or caused by an interaction with another drug(s) or procedure(s).

(Adverse event, NCI Thesaurus)

It can also refer to the way it is given, the dose, or how often it is given.

(Administration, NCI Dictionary)

EXAMPLE(S): study dose reduced, protocol treatment change

(Adverse Event Action Taken with Study Treatment, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Such events can be intervention related, dose related, route related, patient related, or caused by an interaction with other product(s) or procedure(s).

(Adverse Event Following Immunization, NCI Thesaurus)

Conjugation of interferon to human albumin prolongs the half-life of IFNa-2b and thereby allows for a reduction in the frequency of dosing.

(Albinterferon Alfa-2b, NCI Thesaurus)