Dose

A quantity or amount of a drug taken at a particular time, dosage.


A measured quantity of a drug or radiation which is to be given to someone at one time.


A short period of experiencing a minor illness (informal).


An infection with a sexually transmitted disease (informal).


The amount of medication that is administered at one time.


Amount of a medication or other substance, or of radiation, to be given at one time.


The quantity of a therapeutic agent to be taken at one time. Dose may refer to the quantity of a drug or amount of radiation.


A carefully measured quantity of a drug that is prescribed by a doctor to be given to a patient at any one time. The median effective dose (EDso) is the dose of a drug that produces desired effects in 50% of individuals tested.


The amount of medicine or radiation administered.


The measure of a pharmaceutical substance that is to be dispensed at a particular instance.


The magnitude of fungicide and related substances, which are administered with regard to each particular entity or within each unit of space, capacity or mass.


A commonly used expression referring to the amount of radiation or energy that is assimilated.


This term is employed to indicate the quantity of a drug prescribed to be taken at a specific time or the amount of radiation an individual is exposed to during a radiotherapy session. Drug dose can be specified in terms of the weight of the active substance, the volume of liquid to be ingested, or its impact on body tissues. The measure of radiation absorbed by body tissues in a radiotherapy session is expressed in units known as millisieverts.


The precise amount of a medical treatment, whether pharmaceutical or radiological, to be administered at a specific time or over a designated period.


 

 


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