[dose] n [ME, fr. MF, fr. LL dosis, fr. Gk, lit., act of giving, fr. didonai to give--more at date] (15c) 1 a: the measured quantity of a therapeutic agent to be taken at one time b: the quantity of radiation administered or absorbed
2: a portion of a substance added during a process
3: something experienced as if in a prescribed or measured amount "a daily ~ of hard work"
4: a gonorrheal infection
[2]dose vt dosed ; dos.ing (1654) 1: to give a dose to; esp: to give medicine to
2: to divide (as a medicine) into doses
3: to treat with an application or agent