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Dictionary: dos·age   ('sĭj) pronunciation
n.
    1. Administration of a therapeutic agent in prescribed amounts.
    2. Determination of the amount to be so administered.
    3. The amount so administered.
  1. Addition of an ingredient to a substance in a specific amount, especially to wine.

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[doh-SAHJ] A mixture of sugar and spirits (often brandy) that is added to champagne and other sparkling wine immediately prior to final bottling. The percentage of sugar in the syrup determines the degree of sweetness in the final wine.

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(dō′səj)
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The amount of a medicine or other agent administered for a given case or condition.

[doh-SAHJ] A syrupy mixture of sugar and wine (and sometimes brandy and/or citric acid) that's added to champagne and other sparkling wine. A dosage is used in a couple of ways. A bottling dosage (dosage de tirage or liqueur de tirage) plus yeast is added to a cuvée (a blend of still wines) in order to cause a secondary fermentation in the bottle. A shipping dosage (dosage d'expédition or liqueur d'expédition)-usually sugar plus some of the same wine that's been reserved for this purpose-is added to a wine immediately prior to final bottling to increase its level of sweetness. The percentage of sugar in the shipping dosage determines the degree of sweetness in the final wine. Depending on this level of sweetness, sparkling wines are described as brut, extra dry or extra-sec, sec, demi-sec, or doux. See also méthode champenoise.

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.

  • d. compensation — compensation by random X-inactivation, of the dosage of gene material in the cells of males and females carrying X-linked genes.
Translations: Dosage
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - dosering, dosis

Nederlands (Dutch)
dosering

Français (French)
n. - dosage, dose, posologie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Dosierung, Dosis

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ιατρ.) δοσολογία, δόση, ποσολογία

Italiano (Italian)
dosaggio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - dosagem (f)

Русский (Russian)
дозировка

Español (Spanish)
n. - dosificación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dosering

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
剂量, 用量, 配药

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 劑量, 用量, 配藥

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 투약, 1회 투약량

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 投薬, 一回分の投薬量

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جرعه, تقدير جرعات أو إعطاؤها, كميه محددة من الدوا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מינון, מנה‬


 
 

 

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