dose
Definition 1
Carefully measured and administered quantity of a drug that is prescribed by a physician for a patient at any one time.
Definition 2
Actual quantity of a chemical administered or of radiation received by a person or an organism. Amount of dose that is considered toxic or injurious is often relative to the body weight of the recipient. Also called dosage.
dose is in the Material & Occupational Safety subject.
dose appears in the definitions of the following terms:
toxic,
chronic toxicity,
lethal dose low (LDLO),
human equivalent dose,
maximum tolerated dose,
risk estimation,
carcinogen,
gray (Gy),
International Unit (IU),
hepatotoxin
and
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