ˈdōsij, -sēj noun
( -s )
1.
a. : the amount of medicine or other therapeutic agent (as X rays) prescribed or proper for a given patient or illness
the dosage of the vitamins and of calcium received through the diet and in other ways will be determined by the doctor — Morris Fishbein
b. : the administration of such dosages by any means
c. : a dose of radiation encountered other than in medical treatment
2.
a. : addition of some ingredient or application of or treatment with some agent in one or more measured doses
yeast dosages of sewage
the recommended spraying dosage for controlling codling moth
even heavy dosages of antioxidant do not prolong the life of polyethylene to more than one or two years — B.S.Biggs
b. : a mixture of sweet syrup and aged wine added to bottle-fermented sparkling wines after secondary fermentation and disgorgement
c. : the presence and relative representation or strength of some factor or agent
the effects of six rather than the usual three levels of gene dosage — Genetics
3.
a. : regulation or determination of doses
an old practitioner's expertness in dosage
research in radiation dosage
b. : a dealing out of or an exposure to (some experience) in or as if in measured portions
he had a nice sense of dosage , spicy but not obtrusive, in dealing with the percussion section — Virgil Thomson
minute portions of melodrama every day, a fragmentation of suspense into endless daily anxiety — with a special dosage on Friday to carry over the weekend — Gilbert Seldes
education as the only antidote for a dosage of propaganda
for dramatic sopranos and contraltos a moderate dosage of unhappiness is splendid forcing ground for the emotional side of their temperaments — New York Times