dosage

[ doh-sij ]
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noun
  1. the administration of medicine in doses.

  2. the amount of medicine to be given.

  1. Physics. dose.

  2. the process of adding a sugar solution to champagne and other sparkling wines before final corking.

Origin of dosage

1
First recorded in 1840–50; dose + -age

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How to use dosage in a sentence

  • The dosages necessary for crude sewage and filter effluents were indicated and also the necessary contact periods.

    Chlorination of Water | Joseph Race

British Dictionary definitions for dosage

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

  1. another name for dose (def. 3), dose (def. 4)

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