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dosage

[ doh-sij ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the administration of medicine in doses.
the amount of medicine to be given.
Physics. dose.
the process of adding a sugar solution to champagne and other sparkling wines before final corking.

dosage

/ ˈdəʊsɪdʒ /

the administration of a drug or agent in prescribed amounts and at prescribed intervals
the optimum therapeutic dose and optimum interval between doses
another name for dose dose

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Origin of dosage¹

First recorded in 1840–50; dose + -age

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He was very familiar with the reality of what could happen: Tokyo could be covered with a really high dosage of radiation.

Gupta said patients are resorting to trial and error, and they are forced to discover proper dosage on their own.

The right medication prescribed in the right dosage at the right time can save a life.

Wilson said she was on the wrong dosage of medicine, and was having severe depressive mood swings.

Xany bars are 2mg Xanax pills, the strongest dosage, often used with Suboxone to give users a heroin-like half-consciousness.

There are few dispensing druggists who have scales sensitive enough to weigh the dosage of the chemical.

One of the university men, Simon of Genoa, worked out the dosage of opium and indicated its uses.

A human being, given a proper dosage of the drug, lapsed into a deep coma.

Its a thundering dosage, but this is no time for half measures!

The dosage accomplished, the bottle passes to another workman known as the galiseur, who fills it up with pure wine.

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