dose vs pellet

dose

verb
  • To administer a dose to. 

  • To prescribe a dose. 

  • To transmit a venereal disease. 

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. 

pellet

verb
  • To strike with pellets. 

  • To form into pellets. 

noun
  • One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator. 

  • A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter. 

  • A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns. 

  • Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls and many other birds of prey, which serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones. 

  • A roundel sable (black circular spot). 

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