dosage
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++dos·age /ˈdəʊsɪdʒ $ ˈdoʊ-/ noun [countable usually singular] MDthe amount of a medicine or drug that you should take at one time, especially regularly 〔药的〕剂量，服用量high/low dosage 大/小剂量dosage of He was recommended a high dosage of morphine. 他被建议使用大剂量的吗啡。increase/reduce the dosage 增加/减少剂量 The daily dosage is steadily reduced over several weeks. 几周之内逐渐减少每日剂量。
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dosage• Therefore, these drugs should be initiated at low dosages and gradually increased.• This unit provided the necessary information which allowed the most effective system of dosage with mepacrine and Paludrine to be established.• It is important to conduct a complete course of treatment at the required dosage with these products.• Meaning: I would drive him and me nuts trying to find the right dosage.• Lowering the dosage can stop some side effects.• It usually occurs in the first 6 months of treatment and does not show any correlation with the dosage.• In most patients, it is desirable to use dosages that maintain a pulse rate greater than 60.• These are available in various dosages, but may have to be made up specially to deliver the required dose.• Full details of all these treatments, with dosage rates, may be obtained from Ref. 3.daily dosage• In the meantime, Maurice Indig plans to continue his daily dosage of the Internet in his fight with the disease.• All authorities agreed that adding the substance to water was the best way to limit the daily dosage.• After the first two weeks of prednisolone, the daily dosage was steadily reduced to zero over the ensuing weeks.dos·age nounChineseSyllable
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dosage
dos‧age /ˈdəʊsɪdʒ $ ˈdoʊ-/
noun [countable usually singular]
the amount of a medicine or drug that you should take at one time, especially regularly
high/low dosage
dosage of
He was recommended a high dosage of morphine.
increase/reduce the dosage
The daily dosage is steadily reduced over several weeks.
▪ medicine noun [uncountable and countable] a substance used for treating illness: Certain medicines should not be taken with alcohol. | Has he taken his medicine?
▪pill noun [countable] a small piece of medicine that you swallow: She managed to swallow the pill with a sip of water. | The doctor gave him some pills. | sleeping pills | diet pills | contraceptive pills
▪tablet noun [countable] especially British English a small piece of solid medicine: She's now on four tablets a day. | a five-day course of tablets | sleeping tablets | anti-malaria tablets
▪antibiotics/aspirin/codeine etc : The doctor put him on a course of antibiotics. | Why don’t you take some aspirin? | The tablets contain codeine, which is unsuitable for people with asthma.
▪capsule noun [countable] a small tube-shaped container with medicine inside that you swallow whole: a bottle of 500 capsules of vitamin C | I advised her to take four to six garlic capsules a day for the duration of the treatment.
▪caplet noun [countable] a small smooth pill that is slightly longer than it is wide - used especially on bottles and containers: In small type, the consumer is warned not to take more than one caplet per day.
▪eye/ear drops liquid medicine that you put into your eye or ear: Remember — if you 're using eye drops for your hay fever, leave your contact lenses out.
▪cream noun [uncountable and countable] especially British English (also lotion especially American English) a thick smooth substance containing medicine, that you put on your skin: an antibiotic cream | antiseptic cream | skin cream
▪drug noun [countable] a medicine or a substance for making medicines: a drug used to treat malaria | There are a wide range of different drugs on the market.
▪dosage noun [countable usually singular] the amount of medicine that you should take at one time: The dosage should be reduced to 0.5 mg. | It’s important to get the dosage right.
▪medication noun [uncountable and countable] medicine or drugs given to someone who is ill: He takes medication for his diabetes. | She’s on medication (=taking medication), having suffered from depression for a number of years.
dos‧age /ˈdəʊsɪdʒ $ ˈdoʊ-/
noun [countable usually singular]the amount of a medicine or drug that you should take at one time, especially regularly
high/low dosage
dosage of
increase/reduce the dosage
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