dose /doʊs/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[dohs] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, dosed, dos·ing.
–noun
1. a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
2. a substance, situation, or quantity of anything analogous to medicine, esp. of something disagreeable: Failing the exam was a hard dose to swallow.
3. an amount of sugar added in the production of champagne.
4. Physics.
a. Also called absorbed dose. the quantity of ionizing radiation absorbed by a unit mass of matter, esp. living tissue: measured in gray or rad.
b. exposure dose.
5. Slang. a case of gonorrhea or syphilis.
–verb (used with object)
6. to administer in or apportion for doses.
7. to give a dose of medicine to.
8. to add sugar to (champagne) during production.
–verb (used without object)
9. to take a dose of medicine.
[Origin: 1590–1600; earlier dos < LL dosis < Gk dósis a giving]
—Related forms
doser, noun.
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This guy can relate to "Failing the exam was a hard dose to swallow"
and maybe hes got "the dose" haha refer to "5."