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Noun: dosage  dow-sij
  1. The quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
    "They carefully calculated the dosage of radiation for the cancer treatment";
    - dose
     
  2. A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
    "The doctor prescribed a dosage of antibiotics to be taken twice daily";
    - dose

Derived forms: dosages

Type of: indefinite quantity, med [informal], medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine

Encyclopedia: Dosage