The Clue
Prescribed amounts (5 letter answer)
The Answer
DOSES
Tags
Notes
The answer DOSES is common and appears about once every 350 puzzles.
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Definition
DOSE as a noun:
1. a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
2. (dose, dosage) = the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
3. (venereal disease, VD, venereal infection, social disease, Cupid's itch, Cupid's disease, Venus's curse, sexually transmitted disease, dose) = a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
4. (acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen) = street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
DOSE as a verb:
1. treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; "The ray dosed the paint"
2. (drug, dose) = administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist"