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A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time. / The quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation administered or experienced at any one time.

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dose

IPA(Pronunciation)

/dəʊs/

Noun

dated figuratively

A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time. / The quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation administered or experienced at any one time.

Japanese Meaning

一回分の薬の量（用量・投与量） / 一回に与えられる作用物質や放射線の量

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Take one dose of the medication after breakfast to help reduce symptoms.

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症状を和らげるために、朝食後に薬を一回分服用してください。

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Sense（1）

A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.

Sense（2）

The quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation administered or experienced at any one time.

Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese[…]began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death. Nowadays workers are exposed to far lower doses and manganism is rare.

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Sense（3）

(figuratively, dated) Anything disagreeable that must be taken. as in have one's fill.

Sense（4）

(figuratively, dated) A good measure or lengthy experience of something.

I had then, as you remember, just returned to London after a lot of Indian Ocean, Pacific, China Seas - a regular dose of the East - six years or so, and I was loafing about, hindering you fellows in your work and invading your homes, just as though I had got a heavenly mission to civilise you.

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