booster dose

noun

plural booster doses
: a supplementary dose of a therapeutic agent designed to increase the effectiveness of one or more previously administered doses
I take 162 mg a day, as well as a booster dose of 325 mg (one regular aspirin) once every two weeks instead of my usual dose.Andrew Weil
especially : booster shot
Kansas providers are beginning to make plans for distributing thousands of COVID-19 booster doses, with the federal government indicating residents will begin getting those shots starting next month. Andrew Bahl

Examples of booster dose in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And California officials require a booster dose for students entering seventh grade. Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024 On top of existing vaccine requirements for school-age children, the new rule mandates the vaccine against meningitis, a disease affecting the brain and spinal cord, for students entering seventh grade and a booster dose for eligible students entering 12th grade, according to DHS. Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 21 May 2024 The vaccine was also approved as a booster dose after completing a primary series of Vaxzevria or an mRNA vaccine. Anju Goel, Verywell Health, 9 May 2024 Building on their years of research on other viruses, Iwasaki and her colleagues are working on a new approach to COVID-19 vaccination: administering booster doses via the nose. Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 2 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for booster dose 

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Word History

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of booster dose was in 1940

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Medical Definition

booster dose

noun
: a supplementary dose of a therapeutic agent designed to increase the effectiveness of one or more previously administered doses
When possible, the drug [prednisone] was administered every other day, with booster doses during hemolytic crises.Russell E. Ware et al., The New England Journal of Medicine
especially : booster shot
… vaccines may have to receive a booster dose every five years after the original series. Marsha F. Goldsmith, The Journal of the American Medical Association
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