dosage C2+ Topic:Health & Medicine US /ˈdoʊsɪdʒ/ UK /ˈdəʊsɪdʒ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the amount or regulated administration of a medicine The doctor adjusted the dosage to ease the side effects. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the amount or regulated... doseamountquantitymeasureportion Word family Related forms dosedosing Etymology AI details From dose + -age; dose is from French dose, from Late Latin dosis, from Greek dosis ('a giving'), from didonai ('to give'). dose French dosis la-lat didonai Ancient Greek View etymology graph -> Topics Health & Medicine External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # dosage **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈdoʊsɪdʒ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈdəʊsɪdʒ/ ## Meanings 1. the amount or regulated administration of a medicine ## Examples - The doctor adjusted the dosage to ease the side effects. ## Synonyms - dose - amount - quantity - measure - portion ## Related Forms - dose - dosing ## Roots and Affixes - Root: dose - Root: dosis - Root: didonai ## Etymology From dose + -age; dose is from French dose, from Late Latin dosis, from Greek dosis ('a giving'), from didonai ('to give'). ## AI Etymology Dosage is from dose + -age; dose is from French dose, from Late Latin dosis, from Greek dosis ('a giving'), from didonai ('to give'). The ancestry passes through French dose, Ancient Greek dosis, and Ancient Greek didonai. In present use as a noun, it means "the amount or regulated administration of a medicine", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include dose and dosing. The surrounding word family keeps the same base visible in dose and dosing, showing how the headword belongs to a larger cluster rather than standing alone. ## Topics - Health & Medicine markdown