dosis

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See also: Dosis and dösis

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dosis, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, a portion prescribed, literally a giving), from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis.

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Noun

dosis (plural dosisse)

  1. dose

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

dosis

  1. plural of dosi

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, a portion prescribed, literally a giving), from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdoː.zɪs/
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  • Hyphenation: do‧sis

Noun

dosis f (plural doses or dosissen, diminutive dosisje n)

  1. dose

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: dosis
  • Indonesian: dosis

Further reading

  • dosis” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie.

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dosis, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, a portion prescribed, literally a giving), from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis.

Noun

dósis

  1. dose, medicine

Indonesian

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dosis (dose) (influenced by Dutch dosis (dose)), 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 Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis. Doublet of dus.

Pronunciation

Noun

dosis (first-person possessive dosisku, second-person possessive dosismu, third-person possessive dosisnya)

  1. dose:
    1. (medicine, pharmacology) a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
      Synonym: dos (Standard Malay)
    2. (nuclear physics, radiology) the quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation administered at any one time.
      Synonym: dos (Standard Malay)
  2. dosage:
    1. dosing: the administration of a medication etc, in a measured amount.
      Synonym: takaran
      Synonym: dosej (Standard Malay)
    2. dose.

Derived terms

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed 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 Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis. Doublet of dōs.

Pronunciation

Noun

dosis f (genitive dosis or doseōs or dosios); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) dose

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dosis dosēs
doseis
Genitive dosis
doseōs
dosios
dosium
Dative dosī dosibus
Accusative dosim
dosin
dosem1
dosēs
dosīs
Ablative dosī
dose1
dosibus
Vocative dosis
dosi
dosēs
doseis

1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants

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Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, a portion prescribed, literally a giving), from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis. Doublet of dote.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdosis/
  • Rhymes: -osis
  • Syllabification: do‧sis

Noun

dosis f (plural dosis)

  1. dose

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dosis, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, a portion prescribed, literally a giving), from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis.

Pronunciation

Noun

dosis (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜐᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. (medicine) dose; dosage

Further reading

  • dosis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018