Simple Definition of overdose
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: an amount of a drug or medicine that is too much and usually dangerous
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: an amount of something that is too much
Examples of overdose in a sentence
She died from a cocaine overdose.
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Simple Definition of overdose
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: to take too much of a drug or medicine : to take an overdose of a drug or medicine
Full Definition of overdose
transitive verb
: to give an overdose or too many doses to
intransitive verb
: to take or experience an overdose —usually used with on
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OVERDOSE Defined for Kids
overdose
playDefinition of overdose for Students
: too large a dose (as of a drug)
Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of overdose
: too great a dose (as of a therapeutic agent) <an overdose of exposure to the sun—Morris Fishbein>; also : a lethal or toxic amount (as of a drug)
Medical Definition of overdose
overdosed
;overdosing
transitive verb
: to give an overdose or too many doses tointransitive verb
: to take or experience an overdose—usually used with on
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