Quantitative Concept
dosage
dos·age [ doh-sij ]
Definitions related to dosage:
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(dose) A quantity of an agent (such as substance or energy) administered, taken, or absorbed at one time.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(dose) Specified quantity of a medicine, to be taken at one time or at stated intervals.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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(dose) The amount of medicine taken, or radiation given, at one time.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Use for measured amounts of chemicals.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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(dose level) The amount of drug administered to a patient or test subject at one time or the total quantity administered.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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