dosage
[doh-sij]
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Origin of dosage
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Related Words for dosage
shot, measurement, application, lot, measure, prescription, quantity, dosage, potion, hit, fix, share, dram, nip, slug, fill, draught, spoonfulExamples from the Web for dosage
Contemporary Examples of dosage
It also warns about reducing the dosage if the patient uses narcotic pain relievers or other opioids or sedatives.
Historical Examples of dosage
The dosage, mixed in the coffee he had given them earlier, was a light one.
Pariah PlanetMurray Leinster
Have we reduced the mortality of disease by a change in dosage?
The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-CureEdward Hooker Dewey
This lesson of dosage is one which cannot be learned too thoroughly.
Tobacco and AlcoholJohn Fiske
In the practical application of any remedy the dosage is most important.
The Fundamentals of BacteriologyCharles Bradfield Morrey
The individual reaction to these drugs varies greatly and no rule for dosage can be dogmatically laid down.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:Louis Marshall Warfield
dosage
- 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 (def. 3), dose (def. 4)
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Word Origin and History for dosage
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dosage
(dō′sĭj)- Administration of a therapeutic agent in prescribed amounts.
- Determination of the amount to be so administered.
- The amount so administered.
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