| RVR | reduced vascular response; renal vascular resistance; repetitive ventricular response; resistance to... |
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| SER | sebum excretion rate; sensitizer enhancement ratio; sensory evoked response; service; smooth endopla... |
| SIRS | soluble immune response suppressor; Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms; systemic inflammatory... |
| WR | Wassermann reaction; water retention; weakly reactive; weak response; whole response; wiping reactio... |
| AUC | area under the curve |
| shocking dose | In experimental anaphylaxis, the inoculum of antigen that causes anaphylactic shock in an animal sensitised by a previous inoculum (sensitizing dose) of the same antigen. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| skin dose | The quantity of radiation delivered to the skin surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| daily dose | The total amount of a remedy that is to be taken within 24 hours. (05 Mar 2000) |
| depth dose | The dose of radiation at a distance beneath the surface, including secondary radiation or scatter, in proportion to the dose at the surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| divided dose | A definite fraction of a full dose; given repeatedly at short intervals so that the full dose is taken within a specified period, usually one day. Synonym: fractional dose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dose | 1. <pharmacology> A quantity to be administered at one time, such as a specified amount of medication. 2. <radiobiology> A general term denoting the quantity of radiation or energy absorbed. For special purposes it must be appropriately qualified. If unqualified, it refers to absorbed dose. Unit of absorbed dose is the rad. The SI unit is the gray (1 Gy = 1 J kg-1 = 100 R). Origin: Gr. Dosis = a giving (16 Dec 1997) |
| dose-escalation | A preliminary clinical trial in which the amount of the drug is either periodically increased or increased with each new trial arm that is added. Used to determine how a drug is tolerated in people. (09 Oct 1997) |
| dose fractionation | Adminstration of the total dose of radiation (radiation dosage) in parts, at timed intervals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dose intensity | In chemotherapy, the total amount of drug delivered in a one-week period. Can be given all at once or over a period of several days. (16 Dec 1997) |
| dose-ranging | A preliminary clinical trial in which the amount of the drug is either periodically increased or increased with each new trial arm that is added. Used to determine how a drug is tolerated in people. (09 Oct 1997) |
| immunologic high dose tolerance | Induction of tolerance by exposure to large amounts of protein antigens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| initial dose | A comparatively large dose given at the beginning of treatment to get the patient under the influence of the drug. Synonym: loading dose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| integral dose | The total energy absorbed by the body, the product of the mass of tissue irradiated and the absorbed dose; unit, the gram rad. (05 Mar 2000) |
| optimum dose | The dose of a drug or radiation that will produce the desired effect with minimum likelihood of undesirable symptoms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| therapeutic dose | The quantity of any substance required to effect the cure of a disease or that will correct the manifestations of a deficiency of a particular factor in the diet, effective dose used with therapeutically applied compounds. Synonym: therapeutic dose. (05 Mar 2000) |