dosage

American  

[doh-sij] / ˈdoʊ sɪdʒ /

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.

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dosage British  

/ 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. another name for dose dose

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Etymology

Origin of dosage

First recorded in 1840–50; dose + -age

Example Sentences

They also pointed out several limitations in the available data, including possible owner bias and the lack of detailed information about CBD dosage, product formulations, administration methods, and sources.

From Science Daily

Other than trying to find the right insulin dosage to bring his blood sugar down, which could take almost three months, everything else was looking up for Fig.

From Literature

Each needle also can load multiple copies of a proteins to increase dosage, Zhang says.

From Scientific American

The problem, however, was that the FDA had only approved a dosage of 0.2 mg/kg to treat worms, according to Brooks.

From Seattle Times

It’s been more than 20 years and countless dosages since the Food and Drug Administration tested and approved mifepristone as part of a two-drug abortion regimen.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• application
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