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.

Origin of dosage

First recorded in 1840–50; dose + -age

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How to use dosage in a sentence

A very high Roake declares: “Yes, no, it totally could be like wine,” adding that she would need to figure out “the dosages.”
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Once he got accustomed to his morphine dosages, his feelings of guilt kept him from falling asleep.
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Clinical trials will test dosages, and perhaps a better delivery system can be found.
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In the trial whose results were announced on Tuesday, some patients received ATX-101 dosages while others received placebos.
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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.
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British Dictionary definitions for dosage

dosage

/ (ˈdəʊsɪdʒ) /

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)

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