[syn: dose, dosage]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dosage
n 1: the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation)
taken in or absorbed at any one time [syn: dose,
dosage]
2: a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time [syn:
dose, dosage]