Medical Term:
dose
Pronunciation: dōs
Definition:
- 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.
- nuclear medicine amount of energy absorbed per unit mass of irradiated material (absorbed dose).
[G. dosis, a giving]
See Also: dosage3
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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
