dosis

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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dosis (plural dosisse)

1. dose

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdɔ.zis]

dosis

1. plural of dosi

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoː.zɪs/

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• Hyphenation: do‧sis

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

1. dose

• overdosis
• stralingsdosis

• doos

• Afrikaans: dosis
• → Indonesian: dosis

• “dosis” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

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.

dósis

1. dose, medicine

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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdosɪs]
• Rhymes: -sɪs, -ɪs, -s
• Hyphenation: do‧sis

dosis (plural dosis-dosis)

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

• “dosis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdɔ.sɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ɔː.s̬is]

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

1. (Late Latin) dose

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

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

• "dosis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdosis/ [ˈd̪o.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: do‧sis

dosis f (plural dosis)

1. dose

• → Hiligaynon: dósis
• → Tagalog: dosis

• “dosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Spanish dosis, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”). Doublet of dote.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdosis/ [ˈd̪oː.sɪs]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: do‧sis

dosis (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜐᜒᜐ᜔) (medicine)

1. dose; dosage

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