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Dose means quantity in the following fields:
In nutrition, medicine, and toxicology:
- Dose (biochemistry), the quantity of something that may be eaten by or administered to an organism, or that an organism may be exposed to. Quantities of nutrients, drugs, and toxins are referred to as doses.
In medicine and toxicology:
- Effective dose, the smallest amount of a substance required to produce a measurable effect on a living organism
- Absorbed dose, an amount of radiation received
- Equivalent dose, a measure of radiation dosage to tissue
- Dosing, the process of administering a measured amount of a medicine or chemical
- Reference dose, the United States Environmental Protection Agency's maximum acceptable oral dose of a toxic substance
Dose may also refer to:
- Dose (album), an album by the jam band Gov't Mule
- Dose (artist), A well known graffiti artist whos tags are most commonly found in Dublin
- Dose (song), a song by the band Filter
- Dose (magazine), a free daily Canadian magazine
Dosage is a synonym for dose, but it can also refer to:
- Dosage (album), the fourth studio album by the band Collective Soul
- a measured quantity of sugar, wine, and sometimes brandy added in the final step in sparkling wine production before bottling.
- Dosage Index, a mathematical figure used by breeders of race horses to quantify a horse's ability, or inability, to negotiate the various distances at which horse races are run.
See also
- Dosed, a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Dosa, a South Indian breakfast food
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