heroic dose

noun

A particularly large dose of a drug administered in an emergency as heroic medicine, or (in the case of recreational drugs) to produce very pronounced hallucinogenic effects.

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Meanings

nounheroic dose (plural heroic doses)

plural heroic doses

  1. A particularly large dose of a drug administered in an emergency as heroic medicine, or (in the case of recreational drugs) to produce very pronounced hallucinogenic effects.

Translations

Finnish suurannos
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German heroische Dosis
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APA

heroic dose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heroic%20dose

MLA

“heroic dose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heroic%20dose. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heroic dose,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heroic%20dose.

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