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Overdose

To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to.

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Dose 76% connected

The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.

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Drug 76% connected

To drudge; to toil laboriously.

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O.d. verb · 85% connection

dose too heavily; "The rock star overdosed and was found dead in his hotel room"

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Decoction noun · 78% connection

(pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling

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Formulary noun · 78% connection

(pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation; "postexposur…

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Pharmacopeia noun · 78% connection

(pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation; "postexposur…

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Tincture noun · 78% connection

(pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution

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Adrenal cortical steroid noun · 78% connection

a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's im…

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Anaphylaxis noun · 78% connection

hypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substan…

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Cannulation noun · 78% connection

the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ

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Cannulisation noun · 78% connection

the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ

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Cannulization noun · 78% connection

the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ

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Canulation noun · 78% connection

the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ

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Canulisation noun · 78% connection

the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ

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Canulization noun · 78% connection

the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ

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Cardiac arrest noun · 78% connection

absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…

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Cardiac resuscitation noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…

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Cardiopulmonary arrest noun · 78% connection

absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…

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Corticoid noun · 78% connection

a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's im…

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Administer verb · 78% connection

To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dose, excess, give, many, doses.
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Apomorphine noun · 78% connection

a morphine derivative that is not as strong as morphine; used as an emetic and in small doses as a sedative

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dose, excess, give, many, doses.
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Atomic cocktail noun · 78% connection

an oral dose of radioactive substance used in treatment and diagnosis of cancer

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Bilious adjective · 78% connection

Disordered in respect to the bile; troubled with an excess of bile; as, a bilious patient; dependent on, or characterized by, an exces…

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Bissextile noun · 78% connection

Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5…

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Bole noun · 78% connection

A bolus; a dose.

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Capsule noun · 78% connection

A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed.

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Chamomile noun · 78% connection

A genus of herbs (Anthemis) of the Composite family. The common camomile, A. nobilis, is used as a popular remedy. Its flowers have a…

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Dosed imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Dose

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dosing p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Dose

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Draft noun · 78% connection

a dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft"

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