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dose
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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)


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In separate studies, 12 women and 12 men were exposed to 11 UV-A exposures over a two-week period, receiving a skin dose from each less-than-3-minute exposure of on the order of 20 to 25 joules per square centimeter.
 
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