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PRONUNCIATION OF MEGADOSE

megadose  [ˈmɛɡəˌdəʊs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEGADOSE

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Megadose is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MEGADOSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Megavitamin therapy

Megavitamin therapy is the use of large doses of vitamins, often many times greater than the recommended dietary allowance in the attempt to prevent or treat diseases. It is typically used in complementary and alternative medicine by practitioners who call their approach "orthomolecular medicine", but also used in mainstream medicine for "exceedingly rare" genetic conditions that respond to megadoses of vitamins. In 2002, a review of these conditions identified about 50 that respond to "high-dose vitamin therapy". Further understanding of these conditions is expected to play a part in the emerging field of nutrigenomics. Nutrients may be useful in preventing and treating some illnesses, but the conclusions of medical research are that the broad claims of disease treatment by advocates of megavitamin therapy are unsubstantiated by the available evidence. It is generally accepted that doses of any vitamin greatly in excess of nutritional requirements, will result either in toxicity or in the excess simply being metabolised - evidence in favour of vitamin supplementation supports only doses in the normal range.

Definition of megadose in the English dictionary

The definition of megadose in the dictionary is a very large dose, as of a medicine, vitamin, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MEGADOSE


aldose
ˈældəʊs
Barbados
bɑːˈbeɪdəʊs
Bose
bəʊs
close
kləʊs
dose
dəʊs
fructose
ˈfrʌktəʊs
gross
ɡrəʊs
isodose
ˈaɪsəʊˌdəʊs
kos
kəʊs
lactose
ˈlæktəʊs
Negros
ˈneɪɡrəʊs
nodose
ˈnəʊdəʊs
osmose
ˈɒzməʊs
overdose
ˈəʊvəˌdəʊs
paludose
ˈpæljʊˌdəʊs
Tiros
ˈtaɪrəʊs
underdose
ˌʌndəˈdəʊs
up-close
ʌpˈkləʊs
vadose
ˈveɪdəʊs
viscose
ˈvɪskəʊs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MEGADOSE

megacephalous
megacephaly
megachurch
megacities
megacity
megacorporation
megacurie
megacycle
megadeal
megadeath
megadyne
Megaera
megafarad
megafauna
megafaunal
megaflop
megaflora
megafog
megagamete
megagametophyte

WORDS THAT END LIKE MEGADOSE

absorbed dose
acute dose
arose
booster dose
choose
chose
frondose
heroin overdose
hose
lethal dose
loose
lose
mean lethal dose
median lethal dose
on the loose
on the nose
purpose
rose
those
whose

Synonyms and antonyms of megadose in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «megadose» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MEGADOSE

Find out the translation of megadose to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of megadose from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «megadose» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大剂量
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

megadosis
570 millions of speakers

English

megadose
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

megadose
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جرعة ضخمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

megadose
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

megadose
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

megadose
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mégadose
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Megadose
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Megadosis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大量投与
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

megadose
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Megadose
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

megadose
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

megadose
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेगाडोझ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

megadoz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

megadosi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

duzymi dawkami
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

megadose
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

megadoze
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

megadose
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

megadose
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

megadose
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

megadose
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of megadose

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MEGADOSE»

The term «megadose» is normally little used and occupies the 120.449 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MEGADOSE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about megadose

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEGADOSE»

Discover the use of megadose in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to megadose and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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User's Guide to Nutritional Supplements
Building on the groundbreaking work of Linus Pauling, Irwin Stone, and other orthomolecular physicians, Cathcart has helped to shape our understanding of megadose vitamin therapy, which uses vitamin C in doses higher than those ...
Jack Challem, 2003
2
Smith and Nesi’s Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Put succinctly, there are four potential management possibilities for PITON (1) observation alone, (2) megadose intravenous corticosteroid therapy, (3) surgical decompression of the optic canal, and (4) a combination of options 2 and 3 [2, 73] .
Evan H. Black, Frank A. Nesi, Christopher J. Calvano, 2012
3
Ophthalmology
Treatment of traumatic optic nerve injuries with megadose corticosteroids is based, in part, upon the success attained in treatment of spinal cord injuries.5 Administered within 8 hours after injury, megadose corticosteroids have an antioxidant ...
Myron Yanoff, Jay S. Duker, James J. Augsburger, 2009
4
Dr. Melissa Palmer's Guide To Hepatitis and Liver Disease
Megadose Vitamin Therapy Some practitioners of alternative medicine believe that megadoses of vitamins (in the case of hepatitis, megadoses of vitamin C) can cure disease. This belief is unsubstantiated. Furthermore, megadose vitamin ...
Melissa Palmer, 2004
5
Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation
Megadose CD34 cells may be given to promote engraftment. Recently, several lines of evidence have suggested that CD34+ cells when given in a megadose may decrease graft rejec- tion.''48'" In major histocompatibility complex (MHC) ...
Paulette Mehta, 2004
6
Neuro-Ophthalmology: The Practical Guide
success achieved in treating spinal cord injuries.19/2° It was theorized that in the first 8 hours after injury, megadose corticosteroids have antioxidant, membrane- stabilizing, and increased microcirculatory perfusion effects that reduce ...
Leonard A. Levin, Anthony C. Arnold, 2011
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User's Guide to Vitamin C
Dr. Cathcart and other proponents of megadose therapy contend that when we become seriously ill, the body is overwhelmed by a flood of free radicals that quickly use up all of the available stores of vitamin C. This impairs the immune ...
Hyla Cass, Jim English, Jack Challem, 2002
8
Advances in Bacillaceae Research and Application: 2011 Edition
University of Iowa, Iowa City: Bacillus CaImette-Guerin with or without interferon a -2b and megadose versus recommended daily allowance vitamins during induction and maintenance intravesical treatment of nonmuscle invasive bladder  ...
‎2012
9
Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation
Megadose Stem Cell Transplantation: A Turning Point in HLA-Haploidentical SCT A turning point for haploidentical, T-cell depleted BMT came in 1993 [91] with the clinical application of an extensively T cell depleted megadose of stem cells, ...
Hillard M. Lazarus, Mary J. Laughlin, 2010
10
Instrumental Data for Drug Analysis, Second Edition
... P.228V1 MEGACE,P.1334V2 MEGACEF, P.384V1 MEGADOSE, P.1 008 V2 MEGADOSE, P. 1202V2 MEGADOSE, P.2042V3 MEGADOSE, P.221 2 V3 MEGADOSE,P.2260V3 MEGASEDAN, P.1326V2 MEGESTROL ACETATE, P. 1334V2 ...
Terry Mills, III, Vijayapal Reddy, William H. Wall, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEGADOSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term megadose is used in the context of the following news items.
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11 best ways to get high in video games
Max gets shot up with a megadose towards the end of the game, causing him to totally trip out and imagine himself in the pages of a graphic ... «Geek, Jul 15»
2
Our view: Downers Grove did right by Clyde Estates residents
The Downers Grove Village Council received a megadose of voter oversight while considering plans to reconstruct streets and improve ... «Suburban Life Publications, Jul 15»
3
Cosmedicine Pushes Beauty Boundaries
Each product contains its proprietary MegaDose® nutritional complex, an optimized blend of age-defying antioxidants and skin nourishing ... «PR Newswire, Jun 15»
4
Friendship Detox: 6 Tips for Recognizing Toxic Friendships
... her own closest friends aren't — but they're clearly dysfunctional, with no empathy and a megadose of wants based on their own self-interest. «Care2.com, May 15»
5
Why Your Fitness App Can't Tell If You Have A Vitamin Deficiency
... eat a few extra veggies, you shouldn't jump to the conclusion that you have a vitamin deficiency or need megadose supplements. Here's why. «Lifehacker Australia, May 15»
6
J.Lo Wants You To #BeTheGirl In Bizarre Weight-Loss Challenge
The Endurance Boosting Deep Tissue Oxygenator appears to be a proprietary megadose of B vitamins and other extracts, including ginkgo ... «Refinery29, Apr 15»
7
Faces of Parkinson's: Challenges are as varied as the people
Brown takes 16 pills for his Parkinson's over four different times of the day, including a megadose at night. Parkinson's patients need to get their ... «Salisbury Post, Apr 15»
8
Can A Vitamin IV Drip Boost Health and Energy?
They may just be getting a megadose of nutrients through an intravenous vitamin drip. Typically seen in hospital rooms, vitamin IVs have burst ... «Yahoo Health, Apr 15»
9
Is Vitamin D a Wonder Pill?
“It's been referred to as the wild, wild, West,” she says, adding that “widespread screening is feeding into megadose supplementation because clinicians are ... «Harvard Magazine, Apr 15»
10
An Oncologist's 'Biography Of Cancer' Adapted Into A Documentary
GROSS: One of the forms of chemotherapy is the megadose form, where you harvest your own stem cells from your bone marrow. Stop me ... «NPR, Mar 15»

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