Definitions for overdose

overdose o·ver·dose

Spelling: [noun oh-ver-dohs; verb oh-ver-dohs, oh-ver-
IPA: /noun ˈoʊ vərˌdoʊs; verb ˈoʊ vərˌdoʊs, ˌoʊ vərˈdoʊs/

Overdose is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 179 anagrams from letters in overdose (deeoorsv).

Definitions for overdose

noun, verb

  1. OD.

Origin of overdose

First recorded in 1680-90; over- + dose

Examples for overdose

“overdose rates are higher where these drugs are prescribed more frequently,” says Frieden.

The CDC estimates that 46 Americans die each day from overdose on opioids.

Those suffering from addiction in the streets risk disease, overdose, and death.

I had been saved from being smothered by having taken an overdose of some narcotic.

Florida, which began a pill mill crackdown in 2010, saw a 50 percent decrease in overdose deaths from oxycodone in 2012.

That is their chief virtue—in rendering an overdose harmless.

It must have been pretty powerful, too, for the doctor to warn against an overdose.

From 1999-2008, the U.S. saw a 300 percent increase in overdose death from painkillers, with close to 15,000 deaths in 2008 alone.

That medicine on your wash-stand—an overdose of that and you can say it was a mistake.

“overdose of hammers,” she diagnosed, then wisely changed the subject.

Word Value for overdose
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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