Dosage \Dos"age\ (d[=o]s"[asl]j), n. [Cf. F. dosage. See {Dose}, v.] 1. (Med.) The administration of medicine in doses; specif., a scheme or system of grading doses of medicine according to age, etc. 2. The process of adding some ingredient, as to wine, to give flavor, character, or strength.
dosage n : the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time [syn: {dose}]