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microdose

US/ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌdoʊs/

microdose noun: a very low dose of a substance.

Noun

microdose (plural microdoses)

  1. A very low dose of a substance.
    Antonyms:
    macrodose

Verb

microdose (third-person singular simple present microdoses, present participle microdosing, simple past and past participle microdosed)

  1. (transitive) To administer a very low dose to.
  2. (transitive) To prepare (medicines, etc.) at very low dosages.
  3. (intransitive, transitive) To recreationally take small amounts of psychedelic drugs in the belief that it will aid productivity.
    • microdose on LSD
    • What I feel that micro-dosing does is to slightly rearrange my neural furniture so that glimmers of full-on psychedelic states are constantly pouring into my awareness.2011, James Fadiman, The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

microdose meaning in Tamil

microdose in Tamil

சிறிதளவு மருந்து, சிற்றளவு

Antonyms of microdose

Forms of microdose

Noun
pluralmicrodoses
alternative formmicro-dose
Verb
third-person singular presentmicrodoses
present participlemicrodosing
past participlemicrodosed
pastmicrodosed

Origin of microdose

From micro- + dose.

Questions about microdose

What does microdose mean?
Microdose means a very low dose of a substance.
What is microdose in Tamil?
Microdose in Tamil is சிறிதளவு மருந்து, சிற்றளவு. See Microdose meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is microdose?
Microdose can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce microdose?
Microdose is pronounced /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌdoʊs/ (US).
What is the plural of microdose?
The plural of microdose is microdoses.

Words near microdose in the dictionary

  1. microdontines
  2. microdontism
  3. microdonts
  4. microdosage
  5. microdosages
  6. microdose
  7. microdosed
  8. microdoser
  9. microdosers
  10. microdoses
  11. microdosimetric

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Adapted from Wiktionary: microdose (page history and authors); microdose (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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