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- noun Plural form of
fluidounce .
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Examples
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Dose, one or two fluidounces several times a day; an overdose is cathartic or emetic.
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The compound infusion is made with one-half ounce of the root, orange peel and coriander each one drachm, cold water twelve fluidounces, macerate for twelve hours; dose, one fluidounce.
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Dose, two or three fluidounces three or four times a day.
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Decoction made with one ounce of bark to one pint of boiling water; dose 2 fluidounces.
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An infusion is made with one ounce of the bruised root to one pint of boiling water; dose, one or two fluidounces.
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Bark, in powder, dose, from 1/2 to 2 drs.: more efficient than infusion or decoction in the proportion of an ounce to a pint of water, and in dose of 1 or 2 fluidounces.
General directions for collecting and drying medicinal substances of the vegetable kingdom : list and description of indigenous plants, etc., their medicinal properties, forms of administration, and doses, Confederate States of America. Surgeon General 1862
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Dose as tonic, 1 or 2 fluidounces, frequently repeated.
General directions for collecting and drying medicinal substances of the vegetable kingdom : list and description of indigenous plants, etc., their medicinal properties, forms of administration, and doses, Confederate States of America. Surgeon General 1862
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Infusion: Compound: Strength -- Rad.oz. 1/2; orange peel, coriander, each 1 drachm; dilute alcohol, 4 fluidounces; water (cold),
General directions for collecting and drying medicinal substances of the vegetable kingdom : list and description of indigenous plants, etc., their medicinal properties, forms of administration, and doses, Confederate States of America. Surgeon General 1862
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Strength -- Leaves, 1 oz.; water, 20 fluidounces; boil to 1 pint.
General directions for collecting and drying medicinal substances of the vegetable kingdom : list and description of indigenous plants, etc., their medicinal properties, forms of administration, and doses, Confederate States of America. Surgeon General 1862
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One is given to wonder how manufacturers of other staple consumer products manage to come up with identical packaging (say, 1 pint, 10 fluidounces or 2 pounds 13 ounces) and identical pricing on supermarket shelves without being in collusion; even the most cursory view of college dictionary publishing at once reveals a most extraordinary example of the workings of "market forces": no publisher wants to be the first to break the $20 barrier; the Indexed edition of the Random House is the first to touch that mystical figure.
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