OD betydelse and definition

Betydelse av OD på svenska

• 0 to take an overdose (= a dangerously large amount) of a drug:

  • She OD'd on heroin and died.

  • No more for me, thanks. I think I OD'd on chocolate cake.

• 1 an overdose (= a dangerously large amount) of a drug:

  • That is the first symptom of an OD.

  • He was prosecuted for his role in the musician's fatal OD.

• 2 abbreviation for optical density : the degree to which an object or material reduces the intensity of light passing through it:

  • Optical density (OD) measurement of bacterial cultures is a common technique used in microbiology.