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View synonyms for dosage

dosage

[ doh-sij ]

noun

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


dosage

/ ˈdəʊsɪdʒ /

noun

  1. the administration of a drug or agent in prescribed amounts and at prescribed intervals
  2. the optimum therapeutic dose and optimum interval between doses
  3. another name for dose dose
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dosage1

First recorded in 1840–50; dose + -age
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Example Sentences

I’m partial to the kit’s how-to guide, which provides useful information like prescription dosages and tips for assessing the severity of various injuries.

The government determined last month that one way to slow the contagion, and reduce the impact on overburdened hospitals, would be to tinker with the dosage regimen.

From Fortune

The blend and aging for the brut nature give the wine extra depth and focus, allowing it to stand alone without added sugar in its dosage.

The variety of flu shots helps serve different populations — seniors need one with a higher dosage, for example, and people who are allergic to eggs need one produced without those triggers.

That’s still a large drug dosage that would need to be optimized for, “but we believe it’s achievable,” Janz says.

From Ozy

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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