megadose
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmegadose (plural megadoses)
- A dose of drug or vitamin far exceeding the normal or recommended amount, and usually given intentionally. Compare overdose.
- 1987, Kerry Cue, Hang On To Your Horses Doovers, page 91:
- [F]rom biblical times [...] to modern times when men are served megadoses of vitamin E for breakfast, women too have been interested in the potency of popular potions.
Verb
editmegadose (third-person singular simple present megadoses, present participle megadosing, simple past and past participle megadosed)
- (transitive) To dose (a patient) with a very large amount of a drug.
- (transitive) To dose with a very large amount of (a drug).