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dos·age

(dō′sĭj)

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)

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

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

3. (Brewing) another name for dose³, dose⁴

4. (General Physics) another name for dose³, dose⁴

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dos•age

(ˈdoʊ sɪdʒ)

n.

1. the administration of medicine in doses.

2. the amount of medicine to be given.

3. dose (def. 4).

4. the process of adding a sugar solution to sparkling wine before corking.

[1840–50]

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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

جُرْعَه، مِقْدار الجُرْعَه

dávkování

dosering

Dosierung

posologie

adag

lyfjaskammtur; lyfjagjöf

dávkovanie

dosage

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

dosage

[ˈdəʊsɪdʒ] n

(= amount) → dose f, dosage m

(= prescribed amount) → dose f (prescrite)

(on label) → posologie f

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dosage

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

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

dosage

[ˈdəʊsɪdʒ] n (on medicine bottle) → posologia

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

dose

(dəus) noun

1. the quantity of medicine etc to be taken at one time. It's time you had a dose of your medicine.

2. an unpleasant thing (especially an illness) which one is forced to suffer. a nasty dose of flu.

verb

to give medicine to. She dosed him with aspirin.

ˈdosage (-sidʒ) noun

the size of, or method of giving, a dose of medicine etc. What is the dosage for a child of five?

dosage

n dosificación f; (dose) dosis f

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