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