overdose

overdose
I. noun Date: 1700 1. too great a dose (as of a therapeutic agent); also a lethal or toxic amount (as of a drug) 2. an excessive quantity or amount <
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overdosage noun II. Date: 1700 transitive verb to give an overdose or too many doses to intransitive verb to take or experience an overdose — usually used with on

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  • Overdose — O ver*dose , v. t. To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • overdose — DOZ/ s. n. doză excesivă (de medicamente, stupefiante etc). (< engl. overdose) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN …   Dicționar Român

  • overdose — ► NOUN ▪ an excessive and dangerous dose of a drug. ► VERB ▪ take an overdose. DERIVATIVES overdosage noun …   English terms dictionary

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  • overdose — index overload, surfeit Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • overdose — / oʊvədoʊs/, it. /over dɔze/ s. ingl. [comp. di over eccessivo e dose dose ], usato in ital. al femm., invar. 1. (farm.) [dose eccessiva (e talora fatale) di un farmaco, o più spesso di droga: morire per una o. di eroina ] ▶◀ ↓ dose. 2. (estens.) …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • overdose — |ovadóze| s. f. Ver sobredose.   ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • overdose — [ō′vər dōs΄; ] for v. [ ō΄vər dōs′, ō′vər dōs΄] n. too large a dose vt. overdosed, overdosing to dose to excess vi. 1. to take too large an amount of a narcotic, hallucinogen, etc.: often with on 2. Informal to experience too much of something:… …   English World dictionary

  • overdose — o|ver|dose1 [ˈəuvədəus US ˈouvərdous] n 1.) too much of a drug taken at one time overdose of ▪ a massive overdose of heroin ▪ She took an overdose and died two days later. 2.) too much of something, especially something harmful overdose of ▪ an… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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