dose
n. countablen. the exact amount of a medicine that you should take at one time. It can also mean a small amount of something unpleasant that you have to experience.
n. a measured quantity of a therapeutic agent, such as a drug or medicine, to be taken at one time or at stated intervals. Often used figuratively to describe an encounter with something disagreeable.
The doctor says the correct dose is two pills every morning.
You should always check the label to ensure you are taking the recommended dose of cough syrup.
After weeks of working overtime, a weekend at the beach provided the perfect dose of relaxation to prevent total burnout.
Borrowed from Middle French dose, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), used by Galen and other Greek physicians to mean an amount of medicine, from δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”). Doublet of doos.
Commonly used with the verb 'take' or 'administer'; often followed by the preposition 'of'.