See Also: dosage(dictionary)
dosage(dictionary)
dosage(medicine)
Dosage regimen(health)
radiotherapy dosage(medicine)
gene dosage(medicine)
dosage schedule(medicine)
dosage effect(medicine)
dosage compensation(medicine)
Dosage forms(medicine)

dosage (iou)



dosage noun. M19.
[from DOSE verb, noun + -AGE. Cf. French dosage.]
The operation of dosing; the addition or giving of a dose or doses. M19.
Nature Feeding tryptophan after dosage with monoamine oxidase inhibitors leads to an exacerbation of psychotic symptoms.
The size or frequency of a dose or doses. L19.
O. Sacks In the first week of medication..the dosage was being slowly increased. J. R. S. Fincham The roentgen unit, in terms of which X-ray dosage is expressed.
A dose; spec. a small amount of sugar added to some wines before the final corking, to make them sweet. L19.
P. Matthiessen The doctor thinks he has dysentery,..and has pressed preventive dosages on all the rest of us. Which? The bottle is topped up with more of the same wine, plus the 'dosage'.