dosage

1. 1.

   the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time

   Synonymsdose

   Broaderindefinite quantity
2. 2.

   a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time

   Synonymsdose

   Broadermedicine

   Narrowerboosterdrafthitlethal dosepill

Other forms of dosage

plural

dosages·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dosage

What does dosage mean?

dosage means "the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dosage?

dosage has 2 syllables: do-sage. The stress falls on "do". In IPA it is /ˈdoʊsədʒ/.

What is another word for dosage?

Close synonyms include dose, dose. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dosage a common word?

dosage is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.