| Main Entry: | dose |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion of drug or other consumable |
Synonyms: |
application, dosage, dram, draught, fill, fix*, hit*, lot, measure, measurement, nip, potion, prescription, quantity, share, shot*, slug, spoonful |
| Notes: | a dose is a quantity taken at one time; a dosage is any amount prescribed for a given period of time |
| Main Entry: | ailment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mild sickness |
Synonyms: |
ache, bug, complaint, condition, disease, disorder, dose, flu, illness, indisposition, infirmity, malady, syndrome |
Antonyms: |
health |
| Main Entry: | bit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny piece |
Synonyms: |
atom, butt, chicken feed, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, driblet, droplet, end, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick*, lump, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morsel, niggle, parcel, part, particle, peanuts, pinch, portion, sample, scale, scintilla, scrap, section, segment, shard, share, shaving, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, snatch, snip, snippet, specimen, speck, splinter, sprinkling, stub, stump, taste, tittle, trace, trickle |
| Notes: | a bit is a single unit of computer information and a byte is a sequence of adjacent bits, usually eight, operated on as a unit by a computer |
Antonyms: |
whole |
| Main Entry: | bullet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small missile |
Synonyms: |
ammo, ammunition, ball, bolt, cap, cartridge, dose, lead, love letter, pellet, projectile, rocket, round, shot, slug, trajectile |
| Main Entry: | capsule |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tablet, usually medicine |
Synonyms: |
bolus, cap, dose, lozenge, pellet, pill, troche |
| Main Entry: | cure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | heal, ease bad situation |
Synonyms: |
alleviate, ameliorate, attend, better, cold turkey, correct, doctor, dose, dress, dry out, help, improve, kick, kick the habit, make better, make healthy, make whole, medicate, mend, minister to, nurse, palliate, quit cold, rectify, redress, rehabilitate, relieve, remedy, repair, restore, restore to health, right, shake, sweat it out, treat |
Antonyms: |
depress, hurt, injure |
| Main Entry: | drug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put under influence of medication |
Synonyms: |
analgize, anesthetize, benumb, blunt, deaden, desensitize, dope up, dope*, dose, dose up, fix, hit, knock out, medicate, narcotize, numb, poison, relax, sedate, stupefy, treat |
| Main Entry: | illness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disease; bad health |
Synonyms: |
affliction, ailing, ailment, attack, breakdown, bug*, collapse, complaint, confinement, convalescence, disability, diseasedness, disorder, disturbance, dose, failing health, fit, flu, ill health, indisposition, infirmity, malady, malaise, poor health, prostration, relapse, seizure, sickness, syndrome, unhealth, virus, what's going around |
Antonyms: |
good health, health, well-being, wellness |
| Main Entry: | injection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | introduction into bloodstream |
Synonyms: |
booster, dose, dram, enema, inoculation, needle, vaccine |
| Main Entry: | medicine/medication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substance that helps cure, alleviate, or prevent illness |
Synonyms: |
anesthetic, antibiotic, antidote, antiseptic, antitoxin, balm, biologic, capsule, cure, dose, drug, elixir, injection, inoculation, liniment, lotion, medicament, ointment, pharmaceutical, pharmacon, physic, pill, potion, prescription, remedy, salve, sedative, serum, tablet, tincture, tonic, vaccination, vaccine |