dose
Noun
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A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time (synset 103229941)
is a type of: medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of diseasesubtypes:
- 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
same as: dosage -
The quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time (synset 113794246)
is a type of: indefinite quantity - an estimated quantitysame as: dosage
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A communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact (synset 114156641)
is a type of: contagion, contagious disease - any disease easily transmitted by contactsubtypes:
- 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
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Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide (synset 102678511)
is a type of: lsd, lysergic acid diethylamide - a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acidsame as: acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dot, elvis, loony toons, lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, zen
Verb
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Treat with an agent;
Add (an agent) to (synset 200517664)"The ray dosed the paint" -
Administer a drug to (synset 200084491)
"They drugged the kidnapped tourist"referred to in: 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 injuriessubtypes:
- 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
same as: drug
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