dose vs patent medicine

dose

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

  • A venereal infection. 

  • 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. 

patent medicine

noun
  • A medicine that is protected by a patent. 

  • Any medicine with a proprietary formula which can be bought without a prescription, irrespective of whether it is protected by a patent. 

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