From Dutch dosis, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis.

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dosis (plural dosisse)

1. dose

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdɔ.zis]

dosis

1. plural of dosi

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoː.zɪs/

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• Hyphenation: do‧sis

dosis f (plural doses or dosissen, diminutive dosisje n)

1. dose

• overdosis
• stralingsdosis

• doos

• Afrikaans: dosis
• → Indonesian: dosis

• “dosis” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Borrowed from Spanish dosis, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis.

dósis

1. dose, medicine

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dosis (“dose”) (influenced by Dutch dosis (“dose”)), from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), used by Galen and other Greek physicians to mean an amount of medicine, from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis. Doublet of dus.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdosis/ [ˈdo.sɪs]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: do‧sis

dosis (plural dosis-dosis)

1. dose:
   1. (medicine, pharmacology) a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time

      Synonyms: dos (Malay), takaran

   2. (nuclear physics, radiology) the quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation administered at any one time

      Synonyms: dos (Malay), takaran

2. dosage:
   1. dosing: the administration of a medication etc, in a measured amount

      Synonyms: dosej (Malay), penakaran

   2. dose

• → Tetum: dosis

• “dosis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), used by Galen and other Greek physicians to mean an amount of medicine, from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis. Doublet of dōs.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdɔ.sɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɔː.s̬is]

dosis f (genitive dosis or doseōs or dosios); third declension

1. (Late Latin) dose

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem).

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

• "dosis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis. Doublet of dote.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdosis/ [ˈd̪o.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: do‧sis

dosis f (plural dosis)

1. dose

• → Hiligaynon: dósis
• → Tagalog: dosis

• “dosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from Spanish dosis, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”). Doublet of dote.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdosis/ [ˈd̪oː.sɪs]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: do‧sis

dosis (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜐᜒᜐ᜔) (medicine)

1. dose; dosage

• “dosis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Borrowed from Indonesian dosis (“dose; dosage”). Doublet of doze.

dosis

1. (medicine) dose; dosage

   Synonym: doze

• Catharina Williams-van Klinken (2023), GLOSARIU termu saude ho mediku (Tetun/Ingles) [Tetun/English glossary of health and medical terms] (in Tetum), Dili: Dili Institute of Technology

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