dose
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dose[1,noun]dose[2,transitive verb]booster shot
Main Entry: 1dose
Pronunciation: 'dOs
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin dosis, from Greek, literally, act of giving, from didonai to give -- more at DATE
1 a : the measured quantity of a therapeutic agent to be taken at one time b : the quantity of radiation administered or absorbed
2 : a portion of a substance added during a process
3 : something experienced as if in a prescribed or measured amount <a daily dose of hard work>
4 : a gonorrheal infection