Dosage

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dosage \Dos"age\ (d[=o]s"[asl]j), n. [Cf. F. dosage. See {Dose},
     v.]
     1. (Med.) The administration of medicine in doses; specif., a
        scheme or system of grading doses of medicine according to
        age, etc.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


  
     2. The process of adding some ingredient, as to wine, to give
        flavor, character, or strength.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. same as {dose[1]}; as, 200 mg q.i.d. [WordNet sense 1]
        [PJC]
  
     4. the quantity of a medicine or other substance given to an
        animal, expressed as a quantity per body weight; as, use a
        dosage of 10 milligrams per kilogram
        [PJC]
  
     5. the quantity of radiation given to or absorbed by an
        object; as, a maximum dosage of 1 mrad per day is allowed.
        [WordNet sense 1]
  
     Syn: dose.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dosage
       n : the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation)
           taken in or absorbed at any one time [syn: {dose}]