1. The quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
   "The doctor prescribed a dose of antibiotics";
   - dosage
    
2. A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
   "The doctor prescribed a dose of antibiotics to be taken twice daily";
   - dosage
    
3. [slang] Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
   "The police report mentioned that dose was being sold at the concert";
   - acid [slang], back breaker [slang], battery-acid [slang], dot [slang], Elvis [slang], loony toons [slang], Lucy in the sky with diamonds [slang], pane [slang], superman [slang], window pane [slang]
    
4. [informal] A communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
   - venereal disease, VD, venereal infection, social disease, Cupid's itch [archaic], Cupid's disease [archaic], Venus's curse, sexually transmitted disease, STD

1. Administer a drug to, esp. in order to make unconscious or docile
   "They dosed the kidnapped tourist";
   - drug
    
2. Treat with an agent; add (an agent) to
   "The ray dosed the paint"

Derived forms: dosing, doses, dosed

Type of: contagion, contagious disease, indefinite quantity, LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide, med [informal], medicament, medicate, medication, medicinal drug, medicine, process, treat

Encyclopedia: Dose, absorbed