Physicians carefully calculate the appropriate dose of a vaccine based on a patient's age, weight, and overall health.
医生根据患者的年龄、体重和整体健康状况仔细计算疫苗的适当剂量。
Which choice best defines “dose”?
B — Amount of medicine. “dose” means amount of medicine.
Which word means “amount of medicine”?
C — dose. “dose” means amount of medicine.
dose — amount of medicine. In Chinese: 剂量，一服.
dose is pronounced /doʊs/.
Physicians carefully calculate the appropriate dose of a vaccine based on a patient's age, weight, and overall health. (医生根据患者的年龄、体重和整体健康状况仔细计算疫苗的适当剂量。)
quantity, portion, measure — all close in meaning to dose (amount of medicine).
Yes. dose is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
dose (dosage)