dose

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 an amount of a medicine or a drug that is taken once, or regularly over a period of time: a high / low / lethal dose * Repeat the dose after 12 hours if necessary. * Take a single dose at bedtime to help you sleep. * I always take my daily dose of vitamin C. 2 (informal) an amount of sth: A dose of flu kept me off work for two weeks. * Workers at the nuclear plant were exposed to high doses of radiation. * I can cope with her in small doses (= for short amounts of time). IDIOMS like a dose of salts (old-fashioned, BrE, informal) very fast and easily: He got through the housework like a dose of salts. moreatMEDICINE verb [VN] ~ sb / yourself (up) (with sth) to give sb/yourself a medicine or drug: She dosed herself up with vitamin pills. * He was heavily dosed with painkillers.