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dos·age  (dsj)

n.

1.

a. Administration of a therapeutic agent in prescribed amounts.

b. Determination of the amount to be so administered.

c. The amount so administered.

2. Addition of an ingredient to a substance in a specific amount, especially to wine.

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dosage [ˈdəʊsɪdʒ]

n

1. (Medicine / Pharmacology) the administration of a drug or agent in prescribed amounts and at prescribed intervals

2. (Medicine / Pharmacology) the optimum therapeutic dose and optimum interval between doses

3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) (Physics / General Physics) another name for dose [3] [4]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dosage - the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time dose indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity
	2.	dosage - a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time dose booster dose, booster shot, recall dose, booster - an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective draught, draft - a dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft" hit - a dose of a narcotic drug lethal dose - the size dose that will cause death medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease lozenge, pill, tablet, tab - a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

Translations

dosage [ˈdəʊsɪdʒ] N [of medicine] → dosificación f; (in instructions for use of medication) → posología f; (= amount) → dosis f inv

dosage [ˈdəʊsɪdʒ] n

(= amount) → dose f, dosage m

(= prescribed amount) → dose f (prescrite)

(on label) → posologie f

dosage

n → Dosis f; (= giving of medicine) → Dosierung f; dosage meter → Dosimeter nt

dosage [ˈdəʊsɪdʒ] n (on medicine bottle) → posologia