Dose or Dosage may refer to:

Music

* ''Dose'' (Gov't Mule album), 1998 * ''Dose'' (Latin Playboys album) * ''Dosage'' (album), by the band Collective Soul * "Dose" (song), a 2018 song by Ciara * "Dose", song by Filter from the album '' Short Bus''

Science

Dose (biochemistry) A dose is a measured quantity of a medicine, nutrient, or pathogen that is delivered as a unit. The greater the quantity delivered, the larger the dose. Doses are most commonly measured for compounds in medicine. The term is usually applied to ...

, a measured quantity of a medicine, nutrient, or pathogen which is delivered as a unit. *

Dosage (pharmacology) In pharmacology and medicine, dosage refers to the prescribed regimen for administering a medication Medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal product, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to me ...

, prescribed regimen of medication administration, including amount, frequency, and duration *

Dosage form Dosage forms (also called unit doses) are pharmaceutical drug products presented in a specific form for use. They contain a mixture of active ingredients and inactive components ( excipients), configured in a particular way (such as a capsule she ...

, a mixture of active and inactive components used to administer a medication *

Dosing Dosing generally applies to feeding chemicals or medicines when used in small quantities. For medicines the term ''dose (biochemistry), dose'' is generally used. In the case of inanimate objects the word dosing is typical. The term dose titratio ...

, feeding chemicals or medicines when used in small quantities *

Effective dose (pharmacology) In pharmacology, an effective dose (ED) or effective concentration (EC) is the dose or concentration of a drug that produces a biological response. The term "effective dose" is used when measurements are taken ''in vivo,'' while "effective conc ...

, a dose or concentration of a drug that produces a biological response *

Absorbed dose Absorbed dose is a dose quantity which represents the specific energy (energy per unit mass) deposited by ionizing radiation in living matter. Absorbed dose is used in the calculation of dose uptake in living tissue in both radiation protecti ...

, a measure of energy deposited in matter from ionizing radiation *

Equivalent dose Equivalent dose (symbol ''H'') is a dose quantity representing the stochastic health effects of low levels of ionizing radiation on the human body which represents the probability of radiation-induced cancer and genetic damage. It is derived fro ...

, a measure of cancer/heritable health risk in tissue from ionizing radiation *

Effective dose (radiation) Effective dose is a dose quantity in the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) system of radiological protection.ICRP publication, 103 para 103 It is the tissue-weighted sum of the equivalent doses in all specified tissues an ...

, a measure of cancer/heritable health risk to the whole body from ionizing radiation *

Median lethal dose In toxicology, the median lethal dose, LD50 (abbreviation for " lethal dose, 50%"), LC50 (lethal concentration, 50%) or LCt50 is a toxic unit that measures the lethal dose of a given substance. The value of LD50 for a substance is the dose re ...

, a measure of the lethal dose of a chemical agent, toxin, radiation, or pathogen * DOSE, an acronym for

dopamine Dopamine (DA, a contraction of 3,4-dihydroxyphenethylamine) is a neuromodulatory molecule that plays several important roles in cells. It is an organic chemical of the catecholamine and phenethylamine families. It is an amine synthesized ...

oxytocin Oxytocin is a peptide hormone and neuropeptide normally produced in the hypothalamus and released by the posterior pituitary. Present in animals since early stages of evolution, in humans it plays roles in behavior that include Human bonding, ...

serotonin Serotonin (), also known as 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), is a monoamine neurotransmitter with a wide range of functions in both the central nervous system (CNS) and also peripheral tissues. It is involved in mood, cognition, reward, learning, ...

, and

endorphins Endorphins (contracted from endogenous morphine) are peptides produced in the brain that block the perception of pain and increase feelings of wellbeing. They are produced and stored in the pituitary gland of the brain. Endorphins are endogeno ...

, the four main chemicals associated with happiness in humans

Other

Dosa Dosa may refer to: Belief * Dosa or dvesha, a Buddhist concept of hate or aversion People * Bogoljub Mitić Đoša (1968 - 2017), Serbian actor * Csaba Dosa (born 1951), Romanian athlete * Dosa ben Harkinas, Jewish Tanna sage * Dosa ben S ...

or dose, a thin pancake or crepe originating from South India * ''Dose'' (magazine), a free daily Canadian magazine *

Döse Döse (Low German: ''Döös'') the northernmost town in Lower Saxony, Germany at the point where the River Elbe flows into the North Sea. It is a borough of the city Cuxhaven and a popular seaside resort. Döse is located west of Grimmershörn in ...

, town in Lower Saxony, Germany *

Gerd Dose Gerd Dose (born 9 October 1942 in Halstenbek, died 16 July 2010 in Großensee (Holstein)) was a professor of English literature and culture at the University of Hamburg from 1985 to 2007. His main research interests were medieval English lite ...

(1942–2010), professor of English literature at the University of Hamburg

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