dosage (redirected from dosages)

dosage /dos·age/ (do´saj) the determination and regulation of the size, frequency, and number of doses.

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dos·age (dsj)

n.

1. Administration of a therapeutic agent in prescribed amounts.

2. Determination of the amount to be so administered.

3. The amount so administered.

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dosage (dōˑ·sij),

n the frequency and quantity of remedy administered to a patient.

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dosage (dō´sj),

n the amount of a medicine or other agent administered for a given case or condition.

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dosage

1. in pharmaceutical terms is the determination and regulation of the size, frequency and number of doses.

2. genetically speaking refers to the amount of gene product in each cell.

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dosage compensation

compensation by random X-inactivation, of the dosage of gene material in the cells of males and females carrying X-linked genes.