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. See dose
   another name for dose dose

Word History and Origins

Origin of dosage¹

First recorded in 1840–50; dose + -age

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.

From Outside Online

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.

From Washington Post

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.

From FiveThirtyEight

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.

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• application
• lot
• measure
• measurement
• prescription
• quantity
• shot