dosage

Meanings

Plural: dosages

Noun

• the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
• a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
• The administration of a medication etc, in a measured amount; dosing.
• The addition of a small measured amount of a substance to something, e.g. sugar to wine.
• The measured amount so administered or added (the dose), combined with the frequency of administration and the time period for which it is taken.

Synonyms

dose

Related Words

posology