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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries过量服药
Pronunciation / Transliteration: guòliàng fúyào
"患者因过量服药而入院。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.
"The patient was admitted to the hospital due to an overdose of painkillers."
- 1
To take an excessive dose of a drug.
"He was warned not to overdose on the medication."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'overdose' is derived from the prefix 'over-' meaning excessive and the word 'dose,' which comes from the Latin 'dosis,' meaning a given quantity of a medicine. The term evolved in the late 19th century to describe an excessive amount of a drug taken at one time.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Overdose" is said worldwide
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surdose
Transliteration: sur-dose
"Le patient a été hospitalisé en raison d'une surdose de médicaments."
Überdosis
Transliteration: ueber-dosis
"Der Patient wurde wegen einer Überdosis ins Krankenhaus eingeliefert."
overdose
Transliteration: overdose
"Il paziente è stato ricoverato per un'overdose di antidolorifici."
sobredosis
Transliteration: so-bre-do-sis
"El paciente fue ingresado por una sobredosis de analgésicos."
overdose
Transliteration: overdose
"O paciente foi internado devido a uma overdose de analgésicos."
अधिक मात्रा
Transliteration: adhik maatra
"रोगी को अधिक मात्रा के कारण अस्पताल में भर्ती किया गया।"
过量服药
Transliteration: guòliàng fúyào
"患者因过量服药而入院。"
과다복용
Transliteration: gwada bog-yong
"환자는 과다복용으로 병원에 입원했다."
過剰摂取
Transliteration: kajō sesshu
"患者は過剰摂取のため入院しました。"
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