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Initial(medicine)

scrat(1) (iou) and initial dose (medicine)


scrat(1) (iou)



scrat noun1. [skrat] Long obsolete exc. dial. OE.
[Old Norse skrat(t)i wizard, goblin, monster, rel. to Old High German scrato (German Schrat) satyr, sprite. Cf. SCRATCH noun2.]
A hermaphrodite. OE.
A hobgoblin. Also, the Devil. LME.
? In sense 2, only in place-names before E19.

initial dose (medicine)


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.