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dose 1. Med a specific quantity of a therapeutic drug or agent taken at any one time or at specified intervals 2. Physics the total energy of ionizing radiation absorbed by unit mass of material, esp of living tissue; usually measured in grays (SI unit) or rads 3. a small amount of syrup added to wine, esp sparkling wine, when the sediment is removed and the bottle is corked dose [dōs] (medicine) The measure, expressed in number of roentgens, of a property of x-rays at a particular place; used in radiology. (nucleonics) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The course of disease may be affected by the ingested infective dose, host factors, and virulence of S. The infective dose for gastrointestinal symptoms in healthy individuals is unknown, but for predisposed persons, septicemia can presumably occur with doses of fewer than 100 organisms. Although much of the vibrio did remain free in the filtered water, their number often diminished enough to fall short of an infective dose, estimated at [10. |
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