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Dose

Dose can refer to:

In medicine:

  • Effective dose, the smallest amount of a substance required to produce a measurable effect on a living organism
  • Absorbed dose, an amount of radiation received
  • Equivalent dose, a measure of radiation dosage to tissue


See also

  • Dosing, the process of administering a measured amount of a medicine or chemical


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