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dosage

Definitions of dosage
  1. noun
    a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
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    types:
    dose
    a dose of liquid medicine
    cachet
    a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
    somnifère
    a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule)
    type of:
    médicament, médication
    (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
  2. noun
    the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
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    type of:
    quantité indéfinie
    an estimated quantity
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