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dosage

[doh-sij]
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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.

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Origin of dosage

First recorded in 1840–50; dose + -age
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  • "Get me some of the stuff and notes on the dosages they administered," he ordered.

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

British Dictionary definitions for dosages

dosage

noun

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)
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
Word Origin and History for dosages

dosage

n.

1867; see dose + -age, perhaps on model of French dosage (1812).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Medicine definitions for dosages

dosage

[dō′sĭj]

n.

Administration of a therapeutic agent in prescribed amounts.
Determination of the amount to be so administered.
The amount so administered.
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