English-Portuguese translations for overdose

• overdose
  O consumo de drogas injectáveis baixou nalguns países e o tratamento médico das overdoses melhorou. Injecting drugs has decreased in some countries and medical treatment of overdoses has improved.
  Pode­se optar por comprar terapia de substituição em vez de morrer de uma "overdose" de cigarros. You can opt to buy replacement therapy rather than overdose on cigarettes.
  O número de mortes por overdose registadas na União Europeia é de cerca de 7 000 por ano. The reported number of deaths related to drug overdose in the European Union is approximately 7 000 per year.
• superdose

Definition of overdose

• An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug
• To dose excessively, to take an overdose
• To indulge in something excessively
• To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to

Examples

• die of a heroin overdose.
• Be careful not to overdose on those pills.
• She overdosed on cocaine.

Related words

• overdo
• overdone
• overdoor
• overdoing
• overdosage
• overdominance