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Overdose

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Overdose"

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Word	Definition
dosenoun	A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
drugnoun	(pharmacology) A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
poisoningnoun	The state of being poisoned.
intoxicationnoun	The state of being intoxicated or drunk.
paracetamolnoun	(pharmacology) A synthetic compound used as a drug to relieve and reduce fever, usually taken in tablet form.
acetaminophennoun	(Canada, US) A white crystalline compound used in medicine as an anodyne to relieve pain and reduce fever.
overloadnoun	(transitive) To load excessively.
overmedicationnoun	(medicine) Excessive medicating; overuse of medication
overusenoun	(transitive) To use too much of (something); to use (it) too often.
megadosenoun	A dose of drug or vitamin far exceeding the normal or recommended amount, and usually given intentionally. Compare overdose.
overconsumptionnoun	Excessive consumption.
overindulgencenoun	An act of overindulging; indulgence in too much; pleasure or consumption taken in excess of what is satisfying or necessary.
odnoun	(pseudoscience, historical, also attributive) A hypothetical force or natural power, which was supposed by Carl Reichenbach and others to inhere in certain people and produce phenomena such as animal magnetism and mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by chemical or vital action, heat, light, magnets, etc.
druggingnoun	(informal) The habit of using drugs; drug use.
excessnoun	The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.
surfeitnoun	(countable) An excessive amount of something.
glutnoun	An excess, too much.
saturationnoun	The act of saturating or the process of being saturated.
toxicitynoun	The quality or degree of being toxic.
overdosernoun	One who overdoses.