Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The administration of a medication etc, in a measured amount; dosing.

    Dosierung

    до́заdóza, дозиро́вкаdoziróvka

  2. (countable, uncountable)The addition of a small measured amount of a substance to something, e.g. sugar to wine.

  3. (countable, uncountable)The measured amount so administered or added (the dose), combined with the frequency of administration and the time period for which it is taken.

    Why did he give you only a single 500 mg dose? The correct dosage of this antibiotic is one 500 mg tablet twice a day for 10 days.

    a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time

Examples

8 sentences
  1. If the medicine isn't working, maybe we should up the dosage.

    ruЕсли лекарство не действует, возможно, нам стоит увеличить дозу.

    deWenn das Medikament keine Wirkung hat, sollten wir vielleicht die Dosis erhöhen.

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  2. The dosage last night was much higher.

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  3. What is the maximum dosage for an adult?

    ruКакова максимальная доза для взрослого?

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  4. The package insert for this medicine contains important information about dosage and side effects.

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  5. They've increased Tom's dosage.

    Вони збільшили Тому дозу.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
medication:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
medication:

Origin

From French dosage.

From French dosage.

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Forms

plural: dosages
Singulardosage
Pluraldosages

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time:dose
  • the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time:dose

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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