dose

dose
dose1 [dəus US dous] n
[Date: 1400-1500; : French; Origin: Greek dosis, from didonai 'to give']
1.) the amount of a medicine or a drug that you should take
dose of
▪ Never exceed the recommended dose of painkillers.
high/low dose
▪ Start with a low dose and increase it.
2.) an amount of something that you do or experience at one time, especially something unpleasant
a bad/mild dose of flu
BrE (=making you feel very ill or only slightly ill)
▪ Dave had a bad dose of flu .
lethal/fatal dose (of sth)
(=an amount that kills)
▪ a lethal dose of radiation
▪ I quite like Jamie in small doses (=in limited amounts but not a lot or often) .
3.) like a dose of salts
BrE informal very quickly and easily
▪ The cleaners went through the house like a dose of salts .
dose 2
dose2 v [T] also dose up
to give someone medicine or a drug
dose sb/yourself with sth
▪ Sumi dosed herself up with aspirin and went to bed.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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