What does the word dose mean?
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The quantity of a drug or other remedy to be taken or applied all at one time or in fractional amounts within a given period. In homeopathy, the dilution or attenuation of the remedy, and the number of times the remedy is to be given.
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Dosis, Praebium. The quantity of any substance, which ought to form part of compound medicine, or ought to be exhibited singly, to produce a desired effect. Many circumstances influence the doses of medicine. Women require smaller doses, as general principle, than men. Habit has great effect, as well as climate, age, and idiosyncrasy: all these, and other circumstances, must be taken into account; and every general rule on the subject will be found to have numerous exceptions. Some of the mechanical physicians laid it down as a rule, that the doses of medicines must always be as the square of the constitution! - A matter not easy of calculation.
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Usage examples for dose
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She's quiet now, ' 'e says, 'for I've given 'er a dose as'll last for some hours. – The Keeper of the Door by Ethel M. Dell
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She wrote to her father, who, after a dose of Harrogate with Aunt Rosamund, was back at Mildenham. – Beyond by John Galsworthy
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Then, pulling himself together, he stepped forward, muttering again: " Must take my dose like a man." – A Dash from Diamond City by George Manville Fenn
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