Meanings
plural dosages
- countableuncountableThe administration of a medication etc, in a measured amount; dosing.
- countableuncountableThe 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
nouna measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchdosage
- Englishdosage
From French dosage.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian доза
- доза (doza)medication
Catalan dosatge, dosificació
- dosatgemedication
- dosificaciómedication
Chinese Mandarin 劑量 /剂量
- 劑量 /剂量 (jìliàng)medication
Dutch dosering
- doseringmedication
Finnish annostus
- annostusmedication
French dosage
- dosagemedication
German Dosierung
- Dosierungmedication
Greek δοσολογία
- δοσολογία (dosología)medication
Indonesian dosis
- dosismedication
Malay dosej
- dosejmedication
Polish dawka
- dawkamedication
Portuguese dosagem
- dosagemmedication
Romanian dozaj, dozare
- dozajmedication
- dozaremedication
Russian до́за, дозиро́вка
- до́за (dóza)medication
- дозиро́вка (doziróvka)medication
Spanish posología
- posologíamedication
Turkish doz, dozaj
- dozmedication
- dozajmedication
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Cite this entry
dosage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dosage
“dosage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dosage. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dosage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dosage.
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