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Main Entry:	dose [dohs] Show IPA/doʊs/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	portion of drug or other consumable
Synonyms:	application, dosage, dram, draught, fill, fix, hit, lot, measure, measurement, nip, potion, prescription, quantity, share, shot*, slug, spoonful
Notes:	a dose is a quantity taken at one time; a dosage is any amount prescribed for a given period of time

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	bit
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	tiny piece
Synonyms:	atom, butt, chicken feed, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, driblet, droplet, end, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick*, lump, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morsel, niggle, parcel, part, particle, peanuts, pinch, portion, sample, scale, scintilla, scrap, section, segment, shard, share, shaving, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, snatch, snip, snippet, specimen, speck, splinter, sprinkling, stub, stump, taste, tittle, trace, trickle
Notes:	a bit is a single unit of computer information and a byte is a sequence of adjacent bits, usually eight, operated on as a unit by a computer
Antonyms:	whole

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	bullet
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	small missile
Synonyms:	ammo, ammunition, ball, bolt, cap, cartridge, dose, lead, love letter, pellet, projectile, rocket, round, shot, slug, trajectile

Example Sentences

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Honesty, the ability to demonstrate a broad set of skills, and a healthy dose of self-awareness can go a long way in helping.

Once it has got into the blood, it is distributed so widely that it becomes a whole-body dose of radiation.

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Honesty, the ability to demonstrate a broad set of skills, and a healthy dose of self-awareness can go a long way in helping.

Once it has got into the blood, it is distributed so widely that it becomes a whole-body dose of radiation.

Contrary to popular belief, turkey's tryptophan dose doesn't cause drowsiness.

It isn't a myth: one dose of cocaine is all it takes to prime your brain for addiction.

Most must resort to an iron self-discipline bolstered by a hefty dose of superiority over those who eat junk food.

Our variation uses ground pork and a hefty dose of spices.

It was so harmless, in fact, that no lethal dose could be established.

Smith-Bindman said, it is important that the lowest possible dose be given.

You'll want to experiment ahead of time to make sure you know what dose works for me.

Holding hands and watched by their son and daughter, they drank a lethal dose of barbiturates and died.

Getting a decent dose of adventure these days requires a commodity as rare as a spam-less day: time off.

Agrippina, ultimately did him in with a dose of poisoned mushrooms.

Steep warm spices in cider, then spike the drink with a generous dose of dark rum.

Wild prairie dogs may soon get a dose of something extra in their daily diet: an oral vaccine against the plague.

He also finds that if a second dose of the drug is given weeks or even months after the first.

They simply carry a double dose of an allele for whiteness.

Many are shoddily made, containing the wrong dose of the active ingredient.

Get your dose of redwood-induced wonder with an overnight camping.

It's all in the bite and a dose of venom-not bacteria, as some previous research had suggested.

But with a little research and a healthy dose of patience.

Breaking the skin was enough to inject a lethal dose.

In infants and small children, studies have indicated that the toxic dose is less than twice the recommended dose.

It also seems that the lower dose does not risk the paradoxical response of making one hyper.

So it is not surprising that many politicians and business leaders are advocating an even stronger dose of such medicine now.

Hundreds of milkings are necessary to create a single dose of antivenin.

The dose of anesthetic that puts you to sleep is not much smaller than the dose that can kill you.

Tuck in a few white plants or a restrained dose of contrasting color to brighten a monochromatic scheme.

And, more often than not, it contains a lovely dose of tragedy.

Academics are trained to approach ideas with a healthy dose of skepticism and doubt.

So toxic is dioxin that a dose no bigger than a single grain of salt can kill a man.

Experts say the dose from the backscatter is negligible when compared.

After taking the recommended dose my mind was on warp speed.

Some consultants say such courses will give you a good dose of theory but probably not much practice, and employers want action.

For other people, though, the symptoms are usually no worse than a mild dose of flu.

Further, it advises doctors to inform patients taking that dose that they are at risk for rhabdomyolysis.

If the patient is being offered the wrong dose or the wrong meds, an alert appears.

Any honest advice or dose of reality is welcome and appreciated.

They have shown that which circuit is activated depends not only on the type of receptor a drug acts on, but also the dose given.

On a long journey, they would give astronauts a dose of radiation serious enough to cause cancer.

Calm your radiation paranoia with xkcd's radiation dose chart and the banana equivalent dose.

We have discovered that if they give me the normal dose for someone my size, it isn't enough.

All you needed was a bit of imagination and a fair dose of optimism to play them forward.

If the dose is too strong, the risk of serious bleeding increases and if the dose is too weak, the risk of stroke increases.

Each dose contains enough stem cells to rebuild the immune system of a child, but not enough to heal an adult.

Students need boundaries and a good dose of reality testing, especially related to their own performance.

Patients with a mild version of the disease who took a high dose of the drug had a slower rate of decline than those who did not.

If there is any political issue that could use a dose of scientific rigor, it is migration.

Of course, a nukes-and-environment story wouldn't be complete without a dose of politics:.

One answer could be to dose them with the molecules that.

But an x-ray does not leave radioactive particles within the human body and a dose from a reactor leak does.

No matter that in the real world a strong dose of radiation.

What is needed is a larger dose of skepticism among auditors.

E-beam is a more intense, higher dose rate and we're looking at seconds.

Besides good lighting, it required sharp eyesight and a fair dose of patience.

No doubt a dose of scepticism is warranted about m-health.

In the case of exoplanets, they are guided by a few key pieces of information and a healthy dose of educated guesswork.

In either case, there were many more changes in the dose of genes among autistic individuals.

The worm is then funnelled into an incubation well and exposed to a dose of the potential drug.

With the newer versions, only a single dose is needed, although it might take five days or more to do the job.

Levine infuses the wild chatroom fantasy with a healthy dose of reality:.

In principle a modest dose of controlled inflation might work wonders.

Live next to a coal plant or a polluted river from the mining and take a dose of that mercury and arsenic.

Catalonia, which already enjoys a large dose of devolution, has an election in the autumn.

The protective measures are to evacuate, get as far away from the radiation exposure as you can so that your dose is much lower.

Tests in animals showed that one dose of axonally delivered pain medicine could last up to four days.

Not to mention the unknown effects of these high dose protocols.

It is much harder and riskier to pick up a dose of cocaine than it is to buy a bottle of whisky.

But again there are limits: it is hard to breed the full recommended daily dose of nutrients into plants this way.

Plenty of others were ready to step forward for a dose of spiritual bliss, and not all were celebrities.

Both movements also swallowed an unhealthy dose of unreason.

Main Entry:	capsule
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	tablet, usually medicine
Synonyms:	bolus, cap, dose, lozenge, pellet, pill, troche

Main Entry:	cure
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	heal, ease bad situation
Synonyms:	alleviate, ameliorate, attend, better, cold turkey, correct, doctor, dose, dress, dry out, help, improve, kick, kick the habit, make better, make healthy, make whole, medicate, mend, minister to, nurse, palliate, quit cold, rectify, redress, rehabilitate, relieve, remedy, repair, restore, restore to health, right, shake, sweat it out, treat
Antonyms:	depress, hurt, injure

Main Entry:	drug
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	put under influence of medication
Synonyms:	analgize, anesthetize, benumb, blunt, deaden, desensitize, dope up, dope, dose*, dose up, fix, hit, knock out, medicate, narcotize, numb, poison, relax, sedate, stupefy, treat

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	illness
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	disease; bad health
Synonyms:	affliction, ailing, ailment, attack, breakdown, bug, collapse, complaint, confinement, convalescence, disability, diseasedness, disorder, disturbance, dose*, failing health, fit, flu, ill health, indisposition, infirmity, malady, malaise, poor health, prostration, relapse, seizure, sickness, syndrome, unhealth, virus, what's going around
Antonyms:	good health, health, well-being, wellness

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	injection
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	introduction into bloodstream
Synonyms:	booster, dose, dram, enema, inoculation, needle, vaccine

Main Entry:	medicine/medication
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	substance that helps cure, alleviate, or prevent illness
Synonyms:	anesthetic, antibiotic, antidote, antiseptic, antitoxin, balm, biologic, capsule, cure, dose, drug, elixir, injection, inoculation, liniment, lotion, medicament, ointment, pharmaceutical, pharmacon, physic, pill, potion, prescription, remedy, salve, sedative, serum, tablet, tincture, tonic, vaccination, vaccine

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