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microdose en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌdoʊs/ (US)

Etymology

From micro- + dose.

Meanings

1. A very low dose of a substance.

Forms

Antonyms

macrodose

Translations (8)

fi mikroannos (very low dose) · pt microdose (very low dose) · nl microdosis (very low dose) · es microdosis (very low dose) · ro microdoză (very low dose) · pl mikrodawka (very low dose) · fr microdose (very low dose) · it microdose (very low dose)

microdose en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌdoʊs/ (US)

Etymology

From micro- + dose.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To administer a very low dose to.
2. (transitive) To prepare (medicines, etc.) at very low dosages.
3. (intransitive, transitive) To recreationally take small amounts of psychedelic drugs in the belief that it will aid productivity.
   • microdose on LSD
   • Microdosing is typically defined by experts as taking 5 percent to 10 percent of a full dose of a psychedelic, usually LSD or psilocybin, as a way to get the supposed mental health benefits of the drug without the hallucinogenic high. 2022 February 28, Dana G. Smith, “More People Are Microdosing for Mental Health. But Does It Work?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • You microdose while you wifing hoes / I macrodose while I'm mackin' hoes 2022, “Estaciones”, performed by Action Bronson ft. Hologram:
   • How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life 2017, Ayelet Waldman, A Really Good Day, Knopf Doubleday, →ISBN, book subtitle:
   • And just like any other tech company, we're expanding our minds by microdosing ketamine. 2025 August 20, “Sickofancy”, in South Park, season 27, episode 3, spoken by Randy Marsh:
   • What I feel that micro-dosing does is to slightly rearrange my neural furniture so that glimmers of full-on psychedelic states are constantly pouring into my awareness. 2011, James Fadiman, The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

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