DOSE

I. noun see: date Date: 15th century 1. the measured quantity of a therapeutic agent to be taken at one time, the quantity of radiation administered or absorbed, a portion of a substance added during a process, an amount of something likened to a prescribed or measured quantity of medicine , a gonorrheal infection, II. transitive verb (~d; dosing) Date: 1654 to give a ~ to, to divide (as a medicine) into ~s, to treat with an application or agent