— doser , n.
/dohs/ , n. , v. , dosed, dosing .
n.
1. a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
2. a substance, situation, or quantity of anything analogous to medicine, esp. of something disagreeable: Failing the exam was a hard dose to swallow.
3. an amount of sugar added in the production of champagne.
4. Physics.
a. Also called absorbed dose . the quantity of ionizing radiation absorbed by a unit mass of matter, esp. living tissue: measured in gray or rad.
b. See exposure dose .
5. Slang. a case of gonorrhea or syphilis.
v.t.
6. to administer in or apportion for doses.
7. to give a dose of medicine to.
8. to add sugar to (champagne) during production.
v.i.
9. to take a dose of medicine.
[ 1590-1600; earlier dos dosis dósis a giving ]