| twelfth | | |
| n. (linkdef) | 1. twelfth | position 12 in a countable series of things. |
| ~ rank | relative status.; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority" |
| n. (quantity) | 2. duodecimal, one-twelfth, twelfth, twelfth part | one part in twelve equal parts. |
| ~ common fraction, simple fraction | the quotient of two integers. |
| adj. | 3. 12th, twelfth | coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position. |
| ~ ordinal | being or denoting a numerical order in a series.; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh" |
| dose | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. dosage, dose | a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time. |
| ~ booster dose, booster shot, recall dose, booster | an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective. |
| ~ draught, draft | a dose of liquid medicine.; "he took a sleeping draft" |
| ~ hit | a dose of a narcotic drug. |
| ~ lethal dose | the size dose that will cause death. |
| ~ medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine | (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease. |
| ~ lozenge, pill, tablet, tab | a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. dosage, dose | the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time. |
| ~ indefinite quantity | an estimated quantity. |
| n. (state) | 3. cupid's disease, cupid's itch, dose, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, std, vd, venereal disease, venereal infection, venus's curse | a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact. |
| ~ contagion, contagious disease | any disease easily transmitted by contact. |
| ~ genital herpes, herpes genitalis | an infection caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) that is usually transmitted by sexual contact; marked by recurrent attacks of painful eruptions on the skin and mucous membranes of the genital area. |
| ~ gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, clap | a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra. |
| ~ granuloma inguinale, granuloma venereum | a venereal disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Calymmatobacterium; characterized by a pimply rash of the skin in the genital and groin region. |
| ~ lues, lues venerea, pox, syph, syphilis | a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta). |
| ~ lgv, lymphogranuloma venereum, lymphopathia venereum | infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium; transmitted by sexual contact; characterized by genital lesions and swelling of lymph nodes in the groin. |
| ~ chlamydia | a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, elvis, loony toons, lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, zen | street name for lysergic acid diethylamide. |
| ~ lsd, lysergic acid diethylamide | a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid. |
| v. (change) | 5. dose | treat with an agent; add (an agent) to.; "The ray dosed the paint" |
| ~ process, treat | subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition.; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals"; "treat an oil spill" |
| v. (body) | 6. dose, drug | administer a drug to.; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist" |
| ~ practice of medicine, medicine | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries.; "he studied medicine at Harvard" |
| ~ anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put under, put out | administer an anesthetic drug to.; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"; "anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth" |
| ~ medicine, medicate | treat medicinally, treat with medicine. |
| ~ dope up, dope | give a narcotic to.; "The athletes were dope by the coach before the race" |
| ~ o.d., overdose | dose too heavily.; "The rock star overdosed and was found dead in his hotel room" |
| ~ narcotise, narcotize | administer narcotics to. |
| ~ poison | administer poison to.; "She poisoned her husband but he did not die" |
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