Dose



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 剂量, 一剂
• ［英］ n. 剂量, 一剂 ( exact amount of a medicine)
• ［类］ dose : medicine / sentence : punishment ( 剂量规定用药量的多少 / 量刑规定惩罚的轻重)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin dosis, from Greek, literally, act of giving, from didonai to give — more at date
• Date: 15th century
• 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. an amount of something likened to a prescribed or measured quantity of medicine <a daily dose of hard work><a dose of scandal>
• 4. a gonorrheal infection

II. transitive verb (dosed; dosing)

• Date: 1654
• 1. to give a dose to; especially to give medicine to
• 2. to divide (as a medicine) into doses
• 3. to treat with an application or agent

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