dosenoun
He injected his victim with a lethal dose of morphine.
The lethal dose of this drug is thought to be around 800 milligrams.
The patient was mistakenly given a lethal dose of painkillers.
She took the lethal dose of medication and immediately lost consciousness.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Medicines & drugs: administering drugs & medicines
anaesthesiology
anaesthetize
auto-injector
blood doping
bolus
dispense
inject
knock someone out
lethal injection
medicated
microdose
microdosing
microinject
prescribe
put something on
reinject
reinjection
sedate
sedation
self-medicate