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DOS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An operating system that is on a disk
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("DOS" is a kind of...):
operating system; OS ((computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services)
Instance hyponyms:
Microsoft disk operating system; MS-DOS (an operating system developed by Bill Gates for personal computers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies
Example:
the Department of State was created in 1789
Synonyms:
Department of State; DoS; State; State Department; United States Department of State
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("DoS" is a kind of...):
executive department (a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "DoS"):
Bureau of Diplomatic Security; DS (the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas)
Foreign Service (the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world)
Bureau of Intelligence and Research; INR (an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "DoS"):
Foggy Bottom (United States Department of State, which is housed in a building in a low-lying area of Washington near the Potomac River)
Context examples:
Acifran produces these effects at lower doses and without the skin flushing side-effects associated with niacin treatment.
(Acifran, NCI Thesaurus)
Serious illness caused by being exposed to high doses of certain types of radiation, usually over a short period of time.
(Acute radiation sickness, NCI Dictionary)
This formulation solubilizes paclitaxel without the use of the solvent Cremophor, thereby permitting the administration of larger doses of paclitaxel while avoiding the toxic effects associated with Cremophor.
(Paclitaxel albumin-stabilized nanoparticle formulation, NCI Thesaurus)
It affects people who have immune system problems, such as people who have had a transplant, are taking high doses of steroids, or getting chemotherapy for some cancers.
(Aspergillosis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
The area under the curve (AUC) for the defined interval between doses (TAU) divided by the body mass index.
(AUC Over Dosing Interval Normalized by Body Mass Index, NCI Thesaurus)
Before you have a transplant, you need to get high doses of chemotherapy and possibly radiation.
(Bone Marrow Transplantation, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
A procedure to destroy bone marrow using radiation or high doses of anticancer drugs.
(Bone marrow ablation, NCI Dictionary)
When administered intravenously in low doses, this agent may convert methemoglobin to hemoglobin.
(Methylene Blue, NCI Thesaurus)
This permits the administration of larger doses of docetaxel and improves the drug's safety profile by avoiding solvent-associated toxicities, such as hypersensitivity reactions and neurotoxicity.
(Nanosomal Docetaxel Lipid Suspension, NCI Thesaurus)
The MTD is determined in clinical trials by testing increasing doses on different groups of people until the highest dose with acceptable side effects is found.
(MTD, NCI Dictionary)
