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• overdose — ► NOUN ▪ an excessive and dangerous dose of a drug. ► VERB ▪ take an overdose. DERIVATIVES overdosage noun …   English terms dictionary

• overdose — {{11}}overdose (n.) 1700, an excessive dose, from OVER (Cf. over) + DOSE (Cf. dose) (n.). {{12}}overdose (v.) 1727, to administer medicine in too large a dose (trans.); from 1968 as to take an overdose of drugs; see OVER (Cf. over) + DOSE (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

• overdose — noun an excessive and dangerous dose of a drug. verb take an overdose. ↘give an overdose to. Derivatives overdosage əʊvə dəʊsɪdʒ noun …   English new terms dictionary

• overdose — 1. noun An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug. 2. verb To dose excessively, to take an overdose. See Also: OD, overdosage …   Wiktionary

• overdose — noun /ˈoʊvədoʊs / (say ohvuhdohs) 1. an excessive dose. –verb (overdosed, overdosing) –verb (t) /oʊvəˈdoʊs / (say ohvuh dohs) 2. to dose to excess. –verb (i) /oʊvəˈdoʊs / (say ohvuh dohs) 3. to take an overdose of a drug …  

• overdose — [ō′vər dōs΄; ] for v. [ ō΄vər dōs′, ō′vər dōs΄] n. too large a dose vt. overdosed, overdosing to dose to excess vi. 1. to take too large an amount of a narcotic, hallucinogen, etc.: often with on 2. Informal to experience too much of something:… …   English World dictionary

• overdose — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)doʊs[/t]] overdoses, overdosing, overdosed 1) N COUNT: usu sing If someone takes an overdose of a drug, they take more of it than is safe. Each year, one in 100 girls aged 15 19 takes an overdose... In 1970, guitarist Jimi Hendrix… …   English dictionary

• overdose — o|ver|dose1 [ˈəuvədəus US ˈouvərdous] n 1.) too much of a drug taken at one time overdose of ▪ a massive overdose of heroin ▪ She took an overdose and died two days later. 2.) too much of something, especially something harmful overdose of ▪ an… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• overdose — I UK [ˈəʊvə(r)ˌdəʊs] / US [ˈoʊvərˌdoʊs] noun [countable] Word forms overdose : singular overdose plural overdoses a) too much of a drug that someone takes at one time She d taken a massive overdose of sleeping pills. b) informal an amount of… …   English dictionary

• overdose — I. noun Date: 1700 1. too great a dose (as of a therapeutic agent); also a lethal or toxic amount (as of a drug) 2. an excessive quantity or amount < an overdose of fun > • overdosage noun II. Date: 1700 transitiv …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• overdose — over·dose ō vər .dōs n too great a dose (as of a therapeutic agent) <an overdose of exposure to the sun (Morris Fishbein)> also a lethal or toxic amount (as of a drug) over·dose .ō vər dōs vb, dosed; dos·ing vt to give an overdose or too… …   Medical dictionary