The Clue
Prescription amount (4 letter answer)
The Answer
DOSE
Tags
Notes
The answer DOSE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 130 puzzles.
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Sedate, in a way
Spoonful, say
One teaspoon, maybe
10 cc, perhaps
2 mg, say
Amount given by an R.N.
Doctor's cupful, maybe
Info on a pill bottle
A shot in the arm, say
Trio, with dese and dem
Two caplets, maybe
Two caplets, say
Two pills, e.g.
Two pills, maybe
Two tablets, maybe
Two tablets, say
Two teaspoons, say
One teaspoonful or two caplets, maybe
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"