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po·sol·o·gy (p

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n.

The study of the dosages of medicines and drugs.

[Greek posos, what quantity + -logy.]

posology

1. the science of medicinal dosage.
2. a system of dosage. — posologic, posological, adj.

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posology - the pharmacological determination of appropriate doses of drugs and medicines

materia medica, pharmacological medicine, pharmacology - the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects

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