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Dose vs Predose - What's the difference?

dose | predose |

As verbs the difference between dose and predose

is that dose is to administer a dose while predose is to dose (a semiconductor etc,) in advance of another process.

As a noun dose

is a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.

As an adjective predose is

before being dosed.

dose

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
  • The quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation administered at any one time.
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    Verb

    (dos)
  • to administer a dose
  • to prescribe a dose
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    predose

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pre-dose

    Verb

    (predos)
  • To dose (a semiconductor etc,) in advance of another process.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • (medicine) Before being dosed.
  • Antonyms

    * postdose

    Anagrams

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