dos-, dot- +

1. A measured quantity of medication administered once or at specific intervals; such as, a specified amount of medication to be taken at certain times.
2. The amount of radiation to which someone or something is exposed during a specific time, either accidentally or as part of an experiment or medical treatment.
3. An additional ingredient; such as, syrup or other sugary amount added to wine to fortify it.
4. An infection with a sexually transmitted disease (slang).

1. Specified quantities of a therapeutic agent; such as, drugs or medicines, prescribed to be taken at one time or at stated intervals.
2. The amounts of radiation administered as therapy to a given site.
3. Ingredients added, especially to wine, to add flavor or strength.
4. Amounts, especially of unpleasant things, to which a person is subjected; "Doses of bad luck."

1. An instrument that measures and indicates the amount of x-rays or radiation absorbed in a given period.
2. A device carried by a person for measuring the quantity of ionizing radiation; such as, gamma rays, to which one has been exposed.

1. A person who performs medical dose measurements.
2. In radiation therapy, a person trained to make radiation measurements and also performs treatment-planning calculations.

1. Measurement of radiation exposure, especially X-rays or gamma rays; calculation of radiation dose from internally administered radionuclides.
2. The process or method of measuring the dosage of ionizing radiation.
3. The measurement of the doses of medicines.

1. Giving (someone) a dose, as of medicine.
2. Giving or prescribing (medicine) in specified amounts.
3. Dividing (as a medicine) into doses.
4. Treating with an application or agent.

A method of detecting the possibility of hypersensitivity to drugs or antisera prior to their therapeutic use by administering low doses and increasing by tenfold dilutions until reaction is seen or therapeutic levels are reached.

The amount given at one time of a therapeutic drug, diagnostic agent, or radioactivity.

The largest dose (medical and/or radiation) which can be administered with safety.

A male name from Greek meaning "god given" or "gift of god".

A female given name from a Greek word meaning “god-given.”