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dosages - 2 dictionary results

dos⋅age

[doh-sij]
–noun
1. the administration of medicine in doses.
2. the amount of medicine to be given.
3. Physics. dose.
4. the process of adding a sugar solution to champagne and other sparkling wines before final corking.

Origin:
1840–50; dose + -age
dos·age   (dō'sĭj)   
n.  
    1. Administration of a therapeutic agent in prescribed amounts.
    2. Determination of the amount to be so administered.
    3. The amount so administered.
  1. Addition of an ingredient to a substance in a specific amount, especially to wine.
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