dose vs medicine

dose

noun
  • A venereal infection. 

  • A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time. 

  • The quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation administered or experienced at any one time. 

verb
  • To administer a dose to. 

  • To prescribe a dose. 

  • To transmit a venereal disease. 

medicine

noun
  • Any treatment or cure. 

  • Ritual magic used, as by a medicine man, to promote a desired outcome in healing, hunting, or warfare; traditional medicine. 

  • The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness. 

  • A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug. 

  • The profession and practice of physicians, including surgeons. 

  • The profession and practice of nonsurgical physicians as sometimes distinguished from that of surgeons. 

  • Among the Native Americans, any object supposed to give control over natural or magical forces, to act as a protective charm, or to cause healing. 

  • Recreational drugs, especially alcoholic drinks. 

How often have the words dose and medicine occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )